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Bryan Lunduke at Network World calls out what other mainstream media have been too timid, or bought out, to call out. He starts by pointing out that choosing Microsoft Windows for your organization should get you fired and that if you haven't already replaced Windows, across the board, you absolutely stink at your job.
There. Finally the topic is broached in mainstream media and a proper discussion can now start among decision makers who can arrange complete migrations to GNU/Linux, Chrome/Linux, one of the BSDs, or a combination of them.
As Microsoft security problems continue to escalate since even the pre-networked, MS-DOS days, managers and front-line grunts will find themselves increasingly culpable for selecting unviable software, such as Microsoft Windows. If they wish to pay big bucks for maintenance, there are plenty of companies around to participate in the money. Canonical, Red Hat, M:Tier are just a sampling.
[Ed. Note: I debated whether or not to run this story — in some respects it's just the Windows vs *nix argument all over again. Also, there are proprietary programs which are critical for certain industries which currently only run on Windows. On the other hand, gaining a mention like this in the more mainstream media, does that mean we are approaching an inflection point? Witness the increased displeasure with Windows 10's telemetry and the difficulty in completely blocking it. What programs do you use that are only available on Windows? What keeps you from moving to another OS? --martyb]
(Score: 2) by KritonK on Friday June 30 2017, @01:23PM (4 children)
More to the point, what programs do you use that are only available on Windows, do not run under Wine, and for which there are no ports or alternatives for your platform of choice?
Nothing. I switched to using Linux full time a couple of years ago, and I've never looked back.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday June 30 2017, @03:42PM (2 children)
Microsoft Project [wikipedia.org]. The day someone can point out a *reasonable* facsimile for same on a FOSS OS will be a very happy day for me!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Informative) by KritonK on Friday June 30 2017, @07:14PM (1 child)
Microsoft Project 2007, 2010, and 2013 run well [codeweavers.com] under Wine on Linux (though not so well on MacOS) so, if you can live without the 2016 version, you might want to give it a try.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday June 30 2017, @08:16PM
Thanks!
I'll check it out.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @04:27PM
I have 2 Windows rigs set up for gaming, and a dual boot Windows/Linux that boots into Linux for everything else. Why? Linux for security and no telemetry, and Windows only because the game catalog hasn't caught up to Linux yet. Even then the Winboxes are locked down as far as possible with Spybot Anti-Beacon.