[ale] Vista vs Linux

[Ned Williams]

Funny, Suse/Novell has been telling that exact same thing to every corporate
and govt entity they can get the sales hands on :D

Ned


On 3/27/07, Dow_Hurst <dhurst at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Just got my latest issue of Linux Magazine.  There is a nice article
> outlining the major differences between Vista and current Linux distros.  It
> shows where Vista is better and where Linux distros are better.  I found it
> helpful since I've not paid any attention to Vista's feature set.  It does
> sound like Vista has some pluses over XP but also some major
> inconveniences.  If you do have to deal with Vista then having the more
> expensive versions like Home Ultimate or Business level versions seems
> important.  Even the big guys like corporations and universities will have
> to have Microsoft issue a license for each instance of Vista installed.  No
> more corporate or edu install CDs that are prelicensed for ease of use.  I
> was amazed at how little effort it would take to offer a Linux distro that
> would equal Vista in every way.  From a user's perspective adding and
> preconfiguring for ease of use a selection of applications such as what is
> found on Macs by default, the Ilife stuff,
> would be the major component.  Next would have to be legal codecs, which
> any of the big distro distributors would have to license and pass on the fee
> to the consumer via purchaseable install DVDs.  That would pretty much take
> care of it.  It was interesting to learn that typical home versions of Vista
> are not allowed to be run in a virtual machine.
> Thanks,
> Dow
>
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