| kowenicki said: There are other aspects to this too... getting the right support is an issue for an company. Microsoft certified engineers are all over the place... its just easier. It isnt the Swiss governments fault (or MS's really) that nobody else has the skill to develop, publish and maintain a system that simply blows MS out of the water is it? Why havent all companies moved to Apple (hell you can even bootcamp vista and it runs perfectly).... I'll tell you why... Apple are way too expensive. Are these red-hat idiots going to sue all the marketing and publishing companies that use Apple by default? (the VAST majority do).... of course they arent because MS is an easy target in the EU courts. It stinks. |
Red Hat gives at least as good support as Microsoft. There are Red Hat certified engineers "all over the place".
Red Hat Linux DOES blow MS out of the water. It is demonstrably more secure, cheaper, faster and more usable than Windows. It's just Windows inertia in the system prevents organisations from seeing it. If you've never tried Linux, how can you judge whether it's better? The few outlets that have made the switch and taken it seriously report success.
The reason Red Hat don't sue those design companies is becasue corporations aren't required to have fair bidding processes. Governments are. You'll notice Red Hat has challenged the UK to open up its education IT bidding, and the UK education department produced a report with the conclusion that open source is a better option. But the bidding system did not change thanks to pressure from MS.
And I think most design companies use Windows now. But I have no statistics and neither do you.
