Adam Shostack wrote:
>So, I totally agree with what you're saying. But I'm curious: Are
>they really morons, or is there a better explanation?
>
>
Much as I respect Marcus, I think there's a better explanation.
I live with a Linux desktop and Mozilla browser day to day, and for the
vast majority of web sites, it works fine.
The problem is that the bulk of sites that don't work are the most
"corporate" ones: web casts. Most of the webconference software out
there does not work with anything other than IE/Windows. This is a big
problem if you need to do a demo at a distance, and an even bigger
problem if the people at the other end are inflexible and insist on
IE/Windows, because now the webcast solution has to work across browsers
and platforms.
Without naming names, the big players in webconference suck for not
working on anything except IE/Windows. There are some smaller players in
this market that do work on Linux, but usability was so bad that we
backed away from using them.
IMHO, this is by far the largest hole in the Linux desktop market that
holds companies back from switching.
Crispin
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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/
CTO, Immunix http://immunix.com
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