[Ubuntu Chicago] Linux on the desktop in a huge corporation!

[Freddy Martinez]

Team, Canonical (the parent company of Ubuntu) does have end user support.
It cost a nice sum (http://www.canonical.com/support) but they do exist.
Consider it like Red Hat, but without enterprise editions. And they have
offices in Montreal (iirc) so the support would speak English...but the
point is. Canonical will provide very good support.

I see Windows as a much more unstable, insecure system that people pay for.
Doesn't make sense to me. Benefits would also include a free workstation,
much less maintenance etc.
Anyways, I'd be interested in anyone's opinions on benefits and risks. I
think the risk is running an insecure, unstable OS like Windows.


On 2/13/07, Chad Sutton <chadarius at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What corporation? Mine! I won't give out any details about what
> corporation I work for because that would not be a good thing. Today in
> a large technology group meeting, management mentioned using Linux on
> the desktop to reduce costs.
>
> I jumped all over it and the open source board that I'm a member of is
> working on a preliminary presentation. I think our biggest hurdle, as
> with most large companies, is our reliance on Internet Explorer as a
> browser standard internally. Robust inventory, security, and software
> management will also be interesting but very possible.
>
> Anyways, I'd be interested in anyone's opinions on benefits and risks.
> Also is anyone aware of organizations that provide corporate support for
> Ubuntu? It has to be some pretty hefty stuff.
>
> Exciting times! If everything goes well we could easily have 10-15k
> workstations on Linux in the next year or so!
>
>
> --
> Later,
> Chad Sutton
> csutton at chadarius.com
> http://chadarius.com
> http://stephandchadsutton.com
>
>
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>



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Freddy Martinez
Kubuntu. Linux for human beings.
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