Hi all,
I just saw some threads about kde on windows.
an anonymous writer
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b) Trying to
insist users only use KDE on Linux/FreeBSD is turning a deaf ear to what users
want, and we know how well that strategy has worked for Microsoft so far. If
people want KDE on Windows, but they can't get KDE on Windows, they'll go back
to using native Windows, and KDE will either end up only being used by Linux
users, or it will become irrelevant.
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And now
please tell me how would your Open Source Migration Strategy look
like?
A simple switch
from IE to Firefox is complicated enough, because every Ecommerce Site we use
would have to be tested. Migrating to OpenOffice would be another major
undertaking. Replacing Lotus Notes with something else isn't simple too. Testing
all our old 16 Bit Win 3.11 Application with Wine also need it's
time.
Everything of this could be done, no doubt about that. But do you
really think it's going to help OpenSource on the Desktop if you have to do
every of this steps at once instead of doing one step after the
other?
...
Open Source on Windows is a necessary step in levelling the playing
field. Once people are used to seeing applications other than those from
Microsoft, they just may take a look at a Lindows computer and say, "What? It
runs Firefox? And OpenOffice? And Maya? And Doom 3? I'll take it!"
Happy reading
Ralf