[Nottingham] Group-sourced presentation! (OS/Systems Market Share of the 'Cloud', internet, and IT in general)

[Martin]

On 17/02/15 13:55, Jason Irwin wrote:
> On 17/02/15 12:55, Martin wrote:
>> Big users of Linux ?

Very good notes thanks.

>> Some people are very afraid of change and so have a strong need to be
>> reassured that their working life will remain 'unchanged'...
> Once you are using Windows and specifically MS tools, you are locked in
> (e.g. RDP protocols etc). If those tools are not causing pain, they will
> see no reason to change.
> If the current strategy/platform isn't causing problems, what benefit
> will change bring other than increased risk?

Very good point that is being turned strangely at the moment.

We've got the 'big stuff' all running Linux for the great majority of
people and that has been stable and reliable for years.

We now have a very small new group that only know Windows and are
screaming for big changes throughout so that they can feel reassured
that everything, absolutely everything, is definitely Microsoft-only...
Even though that forces an impractical and costly and risky upheaval.

All a game of names...


Hence a comprehensive presentation needed to keep to some sense... :-(

Unfortunately, with the power of Marketing and branding, this is very
difficult to avoid parallels to various religions...

Cheers,
Martin



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