[dba-Tech] Are we being forced to migrate to Linux?

On 2013-04-11 3:00 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> The following article attempts to scare the users of XP into using what?
>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/ok-so-stick-with-window
> s-xp-but-how-big-a-risk-do-you-run/1627?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101
>
> Thousands of businesses failed to migrate from XP to Vista, for obvious
> reasons and now that they may have been willing to move to Windows7,
> Microsoft has removed any steps between XP and Windows8. Businesses are
> finding they have no where to go. Big business has no intension on embracing
> untried product with a dubious record so far.
>
> Just today a friend who works for a company called Soroc (they do all bank
> computer maintenance and installation), one I use to work for, says the
> banks are now seriously looking at moving their operation to Linux.
>
> If this is the case Microsoft may have made a major blunder in trying to
> force everyone to use Win8 by removing Win7.

More than a blunder---continued abuse of their market power over their 
users.

PB

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>
> Even NASA is moving to Linux not Windows. ;-)
>
> https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/191-linux-training/711318-linux-fo
> undation-training-prepares-the-international-space-station-for-linux-migrati
> on
>
> Jim
>
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