[Sussex] Business without Microsoft

[Geoff Teale]

Yet again, here's one for the "Linux isn't ready for the desktop" and
"businesses can't run without Windows" crowd...

Ernie Ball is a non-technical company with little technical knowledge in
house.  They've been operating their entire business on Linux (yup,
thats desktops and servers) for three years.  Here's a great story about
what made them make the change and how it has gone:

http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag=lh

.. one key thing I support in this story is the idea that putting MS
Office and IE on every desktop doesn't make you're people more
effective, it usually just makes them less productive.

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GJT 
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