Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Mon Mar 15 21:48:44 CDT 2010
If I were making that decision I would err on the side of where the knowledge of my Support Staff lay. Fire fighting with relatively new Oss for that many Seats if not something to contemplate. If you really wanted an alternative OS then, as you point out, go virtual but leave the underlying OS where the knowledge lies. As Charlotte points out elsewhere on the List, the upfront language is of relative insignigicance as it compiles down to CLR http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131102.aspx Similarly, once your OS has loaded it is a matter of extreme indifference to your users what lies behind the desktop, only that it is stable and supported. Personally, I would say Win 7 and not one of the myriad of "me too" Oss out there. Max -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:43 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 7 or not? The quandary of whether to rely on Windows 7 or not is going on in many offices. The other day I sat in on a round table discussion, at a client's, on whether the desktop machines should be moved to Windows 7 or is there alternatives. This was not a small client as their scope covers the entire country and their installed base is 100K or more. In the last 8 years they have moved from a Windows back end to a Linux/Unix one and now they are discussion whether the desktop should be next. I am of two minds on this. Here is a commentary from the senior editor of TechRepublic on that exact subject: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3917&tag=nl.e101 Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com