A friend is marshaling arguments to switch his company's infrastructure to open source. One reason he's using is the bad faith built in to the Vista architecture as explained in the now legendary suicide note.
Regardless of those important issues, for me the biggest reason for an enterprise to switch to Linux is to get off the Microsoft treadmill of forced obsolescence, software maintenance, and shifting standards. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent example of the sort of model that is attractive to businesses: a platform that enjoys a lifespan at least comparable to that of a houseplant.
I did enjoy the suicide note paper. Adolfo's experience hasn't illustrated any of those issues... well, except that video editing is inexplicably slow and choppy and that might not be a coincidence. Although the Vista Server kernel might be busy checking all of your server traffic for watermarked Hollywood crapware, that'd show up in benchmarks (provided anyone is allowed to publish them).
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I finished migrating my first system, and it is working BEAUTIFULLY. THANKS CHUCK!
Next step: the laptop!
Honey you are so knowledgeable! I love the way you backup your points. Excellent arguments!
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