IT Job creations... IT job losses?

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

At 20:43 01/11/2003 -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
>At 21:38 01/11/2003 +0200, Peter L. Peres wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
>>
>> > responsive by pre loading many of the DLLs that Office uses when 
>> Windows is
>> > started so that when a user launches Excel, it just appears as opposed to
>> > grinding away for 22 seconds (I timed it) before the user sees a
>> > spreadsheet. Koffice looks promising because it is tightly integrated with
>>
>>Small nitpick: OO is written in Java afaik, and most of the time is spent
>>by the Java hulk stepping out of its package(s). If OO would be written in
>>C++ and statically linked (shudder) it should come up at about disk speed,
>>assuming the right optimizations are used, just like Excel on M$.
>>
>> > So, is Linux ready for the desktop? My answer is "It depends." For the
>> > average user who just types letters, uses e-mail, uses a browser, and 
>> maybe
>> > uses spreadsheets, using decent hardware, sure. We have replaced green
>> > screen terminals, and Windows and Mac OS desktops with Linux desktops and
>> > no one has gone back but, we have been careful to not oversell Linux.
>>
>>So who is the average user who is not so average and what apps does he
>>need that requires M$ ?
>
>I have a client who uses some very sophisticated (and expensive ~ 
>$80,000/seat) CAD/CAM software that has little chance of ever running on 
>Windows.

I meant Linux of course.

>Though he would love to run Linux, it would be crazy for him to do that 
>because it would effectively kill his business. Yes, Linux is great and 
>can leap over tall buildings and all that but, the biggest disservice we 
>can do to Linux is to claim that it is suitable for all situations and 
>users. If an organization has vertical market software that runs only on 
>Windows or Mac OS, it is unlikely that the organization is going to ditch 
>Windows or Mac OS in favour of Linux. Our success in replacing Windows and 
>Mac OS desktops has been in areas where the users do a very limited number 
>of tasks, typically clerical, and the users do not know Windows or Mac OS 
>particularly well either. If they are a little familiar with Windows or 
>Mac OS, I have found it to be more difficult to gain their acceptance of Linux.

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Tel: 416-410-3326 

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