Re: Switching to Linux? Not really! A Windows PC next to every Linux box!
From: GreyCloud (mist_at_cumulus.com)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:48:44 -0600
Mike Cox wrote:
> Lockheed Martin is switching all of its SUN workstations for Linux
> computers. But guess what? According to the article every person
> will have a Windows PC next to that Linux machine so they can run
> apps!!! I guess "switching" is only good for the press releases
> because when it comes to real work, Windows and Intel get it done.
>
> From the article:
>
> ""Although Lockheed is showing Solaris the door, Microsoft is still
> welcome. "Every engineer has a Microsoft PC sitting next to their Sun
> Blade," said our source. "That's for business applications, and Linux
> is no threat there. It's Sun who has to worry." "
>
> Article Link: http://neurocrat.com/2004/07/26/lockheed.shtml
If you had read the entire article you would've realized that Sun was
the primary target to get rid of. Also the article explained that the
fancy apps that engineers wanted to run would run on Linux. So much for
the M$ FUD that you spread.
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