On 9/11/07, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have migrated all of my workstations to Fedora Core 7. Only two of my > servers run Windows 2003. One is for QuickBooks and the other runs > Exchange 2003. > > I cannot find a single thing that I cannot do with this setup that I > couldn't before (except printing is a little difficult sometimes but > that might just be a learning curve). >
I could find something that you cannot do with this setup, and that is gett rid of the 2 Windows machines. > Using VNC or remote desktop, QB is in easy reach (as is any other > Windows app) and I also have IE installed on my FC7 box just in case I > need it for compatibility. Like yesterday, I could not click the submit > or order button in Firefox. I opened IE in Linux, copied over the URL > and all was joyful. > > That is just me, the majority of the world will resist change and stay > with what they know and see in commercials everyday. > > Thanks, > Steve Totaro > > C F wrote: > > Yes, I am and so are around 80% of all the other PCs in the world. I > > have to admit I have as many Linux machines that I manage as Windows > > machines, so for me the statistics doesn't hold. While I admire what > > linux can do, it is in no way a replacement for windows in an office > > envirnment, just like Mac isn't, as much as I would like to argue in > > favor of linux. All of my linux machines are special or single purpose > > machines running Firewalls/Routers, Asterisk or apache. > > > > Most of what I do has to do with Phone systems. Avaya Definity makes a > > nice GUI for managing their systems, guess what, it only works in > > Windows. Pansonic makes a nice GUI and again it only works in Windows. > > Samsong makes DVRs that has a remote viewing program, guess what it > > only works on Windows, and most of the other companies that > > manufacture DVRs write their tools only form Windows. > > > > Granted most of business productivity tools (Office etc.) are now > > cross platform thanks to OpenOffice.org. But any other tool is not, > > has Intuit released a version of QuickBooks for Linux? I don't think > > so. Did the Sage guys do that? Nope. So to answer your question I have > > another question: Who exactly is not using Windows? > > > > On 9/11/07, Drew Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Isn't the REAL question "Is anyone STILL using Windows?" > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> Drew > >> > >> > >> Dean Collins wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Yep – I got two 'chats' yesterday from people who have this. The first one > >> I didn't realize until I clicked the link but my virus control caught the > >> .scr file from loading. > >> > >> The second one had the exact same wording so is easy to spot. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dean Collins > >> Cognation Pty Ltd > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> +1-212-203-4357 Ph > >> +61-2-9016-5642 ( Sydney in-dial). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >> Dovid Bender > >> Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2007 7:30 AM > >> To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com > >> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Anyone still using skype ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2007/09/on_the_worm_that_affects_skype.html > >> > >> -- > >> Drew Gibson > >> > >> Systems Administrator > >> OANDA Corporation > >> www.oanda.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. > >> http://www.astricon.net/ > >> > >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > >> > >> asterisk-biz mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ Sign up now for AstriCon 2007! September 25-28th. http://www.astricon.net/ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz