Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : Spectre
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 21:12:00

 bo> I'm not sure what point of mine you're disagreeing with.  Are people
 bo> choosing to switch away from Windows to Linux, simply to use different
 bo> applications?

Especially prior to todays rampant emulations, yes a specific O/S would've
been chosen for a combination of Applications, and attributes that suit the
purchaser.

So its really a horses for courses thing.. I don't know ANY business that has
rolled out any Linux flavour as its desktop model primarily because its too
hard and you're not guaranteed of support.  At least pre any of the
commerically oriented distro days, but to some degree afterwards. That means
in the corporate world its largely going to be a back orrifice work horse if
it has specific value in some capacity and the desktops will remain M$
driven.

But by the same token that people/business may swap from one to another for
specific software there'll be people moving the opposite way for the same
reasons or perceived benefits. Be those benefits a locked down dekstop,
specific user interface applications or whatever else they see in it.  Or an
application that has no parallel on the other platform.  Best example off
hand is all the years Apple had a strangle hold on the Desktop Publishing and
design business. It was because the PC was incapable of the same job.

Spec


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