A friend said to me recently that “Firefox is for the home, Internet Explorer is for the office.” His comments reflect commonly found stigma and fears that free and open source software – and Linux too – are not suitable for a business environment. Let me set the record straight, giving real feedback from companies who have made the switch and don’t look back.
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Smegzor
16 years 21 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago
I haven't read the article yet,
I haven't read the article yet, but I am running my 'Windows' business perfectly on Linux. I made the move 2 days ago and for all the Windows stuff (Delphi and Access mainly) that I just can't do with a Linux equivalent, I set up a large VirtualBox running XP. To ensure a smooth ride I built a new pc from all new parts and installed Ubuntu 64. The main specs that make this pc work so well are, fast dual core with 4 gigs ram, a 500gig harddrive and a 20 inch LCD.
I am a contract programmer and with this rig, it should be rare that I need to dual boot. I created a 20gig Windows partion which is currently empty.
At some point I hope to get involved in contributing to open source software, but for now that is in the future.