Re: How to Save The World

[Crispin Cowan <crispin () immunix com>]

Adam Shostack wrote:

> So, I totally agree with what you're saying.  But I'm curious:  Are
> they really morons, or is there a better explanation?  
>  
Much as I respect Marcus, I think there's a better explanation.

I live with a Linux desktop and Mozilla browser day to day, and for the 
vast majority of web sites, it works fine.

The problem is that the bulk of sites that don't work are the most 
"corporate" ones: web casts. Most of the webconference software out 
there does not work with anything other than IE/Windows. This is a big 
problem if you need to do a demo at a distance, and an even bigger 
problem if the people at the other end are inflexible and insist on 
IE/Windows, because now the webcast solution has to work across browsers 
and platforms.

Without naming names, the big players in webconference suck for not 
working on anything except IE/Windows. There are some smaller players in 
this market that do work on Linux, but usability was so bad that we 
backed away from using them.

IMHO, this is by far the largest hole in the Linux desktop market that 
holds companies back from switching.

Crispin

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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.  http://immunix.com/~crispin/
CTO, Immunix          http://immunix.com

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