[mdlug] IBM plants Linux on the desktop

[Robert Adkins]

Michael Corral wrote:
> This looks very promising:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/13/ibm_open_client/
>
> For companies already using Red Hat or SUSE for servers, this
> seems like a natural choice for starting a Linux desktop migration.
> This is a smart move by IBM, I hope it works out.
>
> Michael
    It does look rather promising.

    The only problem is overcoming the beliefs that end users have that 
they can *ONLY* work with MS Office and nothing else. (Even if you 
handhold them and show them exactly how something like OO.org is 
perfectly compatible and very capable.)

    Rob