Sunil, You are exactly right, the thing is that actually Linux is still not ready for the desktop and it would take some amount of more time to be adopted as a Desktop OS.
The present strengths of Linux does not lie in Desktop OS, Unix from the very beginning was used for High-End applications/Servers/Clusters etc. So Linux is best suited where you need performance, security. stability, and reliability. Enterprises/Corporates/Universities etc. adopted Linux due to these strength only. Linux would be the no 1 shipped server by the year 2004 on Intel Platforms. Vineet On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 06:52, Shree Lipi for Linux wrote: > Hi, > Here's a very realistic mail from one of our friend 'siliconhighway' in Mangalore > Linux users group. > > Regards, > Sunil > > ================================================================= > silicon highway wrote ------------- > > While it is good to see that you are taking steps to adopt free > software. Consider these scenarios. > 1) You type your project report, resume etc.. on any GNU/Linux > wordprocessor and save in the .kword, abiword etc... format. > You can only print it on a computer having GNU/Linux machine. you > cannot print it on a windows machine. > 2) How many places you know have a GNU/Linux machine for printing > GNU/Linux documents? > 3) How many companies accept resumes in GNU/Linux format? > 4) Although you might convert the documents created in GNU/Linux to > Word .doc format for printing. Is it really worth installing GNU/Linux > office packages to do just that? > > What is the alternatives? > I would recommend PDF or PostScript as it is a format made to be OS > independent and used widely for commercial printing. > > The reality of the situation is that many companies are unwilling to > give up M$ word. I have seen several MNC asking that resumes be > submitted only in MS word or ASCII text formats. > > just my 2 cents. :-) > > siliconichighway > > > > >
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