tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202507793705383029.post8012100082908342559..comments2023-10-26T01:41:49.462-07:00Comments on The home of a Very Grumpy Bunny: Why Desktop Linux isn't profitableAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08951185953504736035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202507793705383029.post-55988182146232565312009-05-03T09:23:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:23:00.000-07:00Having watched the Linux Sucks vid I have only one...Having watched the Linux Sucks vid I have only one point I agree with -- packaging. Till the Linux crowd comes up with a common packaging format the commercial vendors see nothing but headache in trying to sell to the platform.<br /><br />To your other points. First off RH does sell a desktop linux. But it is only available to commercial accounts that buy support from RH. So lets kill the myth. <br /><br />Desktop Linux will be adopted not through retail sales but through the business channel. But one has to crack that nut not by features but first by TCO. A Red Hat could be successful in the desktop space if they wanted. What holds them back like anyone else is TCO. The initial buy is not the end of the story but merely the beginning. When the number setlle, Linux only ends up 10-15% cheaper than Windows. Not sufficient enough to warrant the conversion and staff retraining. <br /><br />So what to do? <br /><br />1) Develop and foundation on par with Mozilla to upgrade the following apps --<br /><br />a) GIMP to Photoshop level status.<br />b) Bring Open Office into the umbrella and continue support. Improve the Base app to exceed Access.<br />c) Kdenlive or another video editor to match anything on the commercial side.<br />d) Fund to complete Ardour.<br />e) Tweaks to Thunderbird to be the Exchange client killer. <br /><br />2) Further development of the Splashtop instant on feature. Specifically so that software can be added to the stack by the end user for instant on availability. <br /><br />3) While (2) is endgame also develop a VM appliance application stack of (1) that can be run in the top VM managers. <br /><br />The point of all this? It's a Toyota strategy. Attack Windows from the edges. When over time it becomes readily apparent to many even in management that a selection of OS is not the critical issue Linux can win on merit.Tucanae Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935170696138248693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202507793705383029.post-20300993176621366562009-05-03T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:00:00.000-07:00You need some work on the auto example.. the reaso...You need some work on the auto example.. the reason auto quality tanked in the 1970's - where most of the comparisons start.. was not any tactical plans.. just bloated corporate structures without any real competition... similar to an operating system we all tend to get frustrated with until Linux came along to light a new path.<br /><br />Desktop linux is expanding, and will continue to expand. I've started seeing high school kids of friends of mine using it.jvin248https://www.blogger.com/profile/12150999139115251710noreply@blogger.com