This article also contains an error (1 character but has important repercussions).
The belief that Linux is mainly used as a developer tool was shattered by the survey, which cited employer demand as the top reason for adoption, closely followed by the need to keep up with competitors using Linux. The actual survey report states: The top reasons for deploying Linux on the desktop (listed in order): . Employees requesting Linux (user demand) Ie, Employe*e* demand not employe*r*.
One often has to fact check Ziff Davis. They've never been renowned for their accuracy or intelligence. Regards Oliver Jones wrote:
This "story" is basically paraphrasing a press release put out by the OSDL. One of the survey items was what application was most important to corporate IT people. The response was that Email was the killer app. Like DUH! We new that.
Some hack at ZDNet has repackaged this PR on the survey and added this spin that Linux is somehow lacking in the email client department which is just plain wrong. Evo does 80% of what most business people need (and it works with Exchange). Products like Zimba look even better and being browser based is even better than a fat client.
Firefox, AJAX and the like are finally delivery truely rich browser based applications that are based on open standards. This rocks.
If you're interested in other interesting AJAX apps (wiki's) check out www.jotlive.com (use BugMeNot to login).
Regards
Gavin Denby wrote:
I was reading the cnet article on the need for a mail client to push forward DESKTOP LINUX
*E-mail will be the most significant factor governing the uptake of Linux on the desktop, according to a new study. *
The Desktop Linux Client Survey 2005, released this week by the Open Source Development Labs, found that the lack of a powerful e-mail application could hinder the adoption of Linux on the desktop.
Full story here: http://news.com.com/E-mail+crucial+to+future+of+desktop+Linux/2100-7344_3-5978465.html?part=rss&tag=5978465&subj=news
What I wondered was what does an enterprise e-mail client do that's different from my thunderbird. Is it just the calender? is it notes. I have tried, and hated outlook, probably as I use just e-mail and dont like the complexity of all the other things, but what would happen in an enterprise situation.
If you understand this article, can you explain what the novell and mozilla offerings will mean, and will this be the outlook killer. What does outlook do that so vital?
Is this another case of its not the same, or are we really missing out on something?
any enterprise experince that can help a tech like me understand this ?
Is there a really good app for this, could something be done to solve this. After all e-mail is the number 1 app for the net, search is 2 and then web surfing. 2 and 3 are fine, are we missing the boat on 1?
I thinks its sufficiently linux related.
do we have the Guru's in the lug that could solve this?
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