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I could just imagine that conversation with my CTO... Me: CTO, we're switching to Linux instead of Windows 7 CTO: Great! How much functionality will we lose w
by bgroins 13y ago
I could just imagine that conversation with my CTO...
Me: CTO, we're switching to Linux instead of Windows 7
CTO: Great! How much functionality will we lose with our applications?
Me: All of it!
CTO: Let's do it!
- xutopia 13y agoWhat do you mean "all of it"?
- AndrewDucker 13y agoAll of the custom internal applications written over the last decade or so that provide vital business functionality, I'd have thought.
- bgroins 13y agoYep. I work at a hospital so switching to Linux would impact 100% of our applications. I understand the desire (especially on HN) to switch to Linux, but it's just not a plausible solution for most institutions. It sounds great in theory if you don't think about how all of our end user applications are running on Windows, have specialized hardware and drivers, not to mention people love the shit out of MS Office.
- telephonetemp 13y agoThen again, a lot of corporate software is Java or .NET, which means a much smaller porting effort. Trying to run native Windows software under Wine, OTOH, doesn't end well (in my experience).
- hrjet 13y agoCEO: Haven't you two heard of Wine, ReactOS, CodeWeavers?