[mdlug] IBM plants Linux on the desktop

[Aaron Kulkis]

Robert Adkins wrote:
> 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 

Just tell them it's the "NEW VERSION of Office"....

They're used to radical, illogical changes already, so when
it's not what they're used to... they'll just go with it.

> handhold them and show them exactly how something like OO.org is 
> perfectly compatible and very capable.)
> 
>     Rob