Re: [fw-wiz] How to Save The World

From: Crispin Cowan (crispin_at_immunix.com)
Date: 12/12/04

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    To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:55:39 -0800

    Adam Shostack wrote:

    >So, I totally agree with what you're saying. But I'm curious: Are
    >they really morons, or is there a better explanation?
    >
    >
    Much as I respect Marcus, I think there's a better explanation.

    I live with a Linux desktop and Mozilla browser day to day, and for the
    vast majority of web sites, it works fine.

    The problem is that the bulk of sites that don't work are the most
    "corporate" ones: web casts. Most of the webconference software out
    there does not work with anything other than IE/Windows. This is a big
    problem if you need to do a demo at a distance, and an even bigger
    problem if the people at the other end are inflexible and insist on
    IE/Windows, because now the webcast solution has to work across browsers
    and platforms.

    Without naming names, the big players in webconference suck for not
    working on anything except IE/Windows. There are some smaller players in
    this market that do work on Linux, but usability was so bad that we
    backed away from using them.

    IMHO, this is by far the largest hole in the Linux desktop market that
    holds companies back from switching.

    Crispin 

    -- 
Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.  http://immunix.com/~crispin/
CTO, Immunix          http://immunix.com
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