[TriLUG] Re: Linux for the desktop

[Janyne Kizer]

Yes, our sites use KDE and StarOffice.  They all like the interface fine 
(but to be honest, would benefit from an upgrade -- which we are working 
on now).  Some people say, "This is like Windows."  I say, nope. 
Microsoft did not come up with the interface and neither did Linux 
developers.  Seriously, I want folks to know that what we are giving 
them is not "fake Windows."

The missing pieces for us are -- desktop publishing (Microsoft 
Publisher-like application), easy to use graphics program (they have 
GIMP but find it to be overkill and I agree).  We have not had a demand 
for a project management applications (Microsoft Project-like) but I 
think that the organization could use it and I am looking for a more 
fully featured one than MrProject.

On 11/6/2003 2:41 PM, Mike Mueller wrote:
> On Thursday 06 November 2003 12:34, Maria Winslow wrote:
> 
>>An English translation of the
>>report is now available at http://relevantive.de/Linux.html (click on
>>"English Translation").
> 
> 
> 83 page study.  Forrester would charge a thousand bucks for this kind of 
> report and it would show MS creaming the competitor because MS paid for the 
> study.  A quick glance through the candlestick charts in the final pages 
> shows that KDE and XP are neck and neck.  This fits my experience of using MS 
> business productivity tools from 1990-2002 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, 
> Outlook, IE) and OSS tools from 2002-present (OpenOffice, GIMP, Kmail, 
> Firebird). For business productivity Linux/KDE made an impressive showing in 
> the study.  In the current economic climate of growing profits by reducing 
> costs, the OSS choice is a business consideration that cannot be ignored.
> 

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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology