What's Keeping Linux Off Desktops?
Source: PC World
The vision of running Linux on corporate desktops has gained ground during the past 18 months, as full-featured office productivity software has become a reality and improvements have been made to the Linux kernel and to installation and administration tools.
But even though the open-source operating system has moved closer to filling desktop needs, nagging gaps remain, said users and analysts at last week's Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo here. In some cases, they added, the lingering lack of needed functionality is making it hard for IT managers to switch their users to Linux.
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Shawen Donnellan, director of software development at Amherst Corporate Computer Sales & Solutions in Merrimack, New Hampshire, said about 10 percent of the PC reseller's several thousand customers have asked about Linux, partly because of increased costs for Windows licenses. But many efforts to migrate have faltered because of a lack of collaboration, calendaring, and scheduling software for Linux, he said.
