[GRLUG] Linux use

[Bob Kline]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:43 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 01:54:49PM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> > Indeed.  That's where the M$ monopoly really pays off.  Vendors would
> > much rather support just one version of their software than three or
> > more - windoz, OS X, and Linux, for example.  Much more profitable to
> > have one near universal platform.
>
> That's great—until the ISV that publishes that specific software package
> upon which your entire business is based releases that much-needed
> upgrade with the neat-o feature that will make your business a whole lot
> better, except it only runs on the newest release of that "one near
> universal platform."  So now *you* have to pay for upgrades to that
> platform for every one of your users.  Oh, and don't forget the new
> licenses for your Exchange server.



Sure.  That's what makes the monopoly
all the sweeter.  Alas, vendors want the
volume platform, and on the desktop the
answer to that is clear.  That makes me
wonder just how far this similarity of
platforms can really go.  Close enough
at the level of surfing and e-mail, but
quite clearly M$, Apple, and Linux have
massively different business models.

   -- Bob

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