Journal #12, November 16

http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39549424,00.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux (extra research)

Today it is almost everything is about computers and they have become very important, well since people need and use computers everyday well there are programs and computers that people use. Like Mac and Windows Vista and Linux, well this article is about many IT departments are considering a migration to Linux instead of Windows Vista and such. Well before you decide to pick a certain criteria that you should look at before switching. And this article gives the reader ten questions to ask and look at before you do something that might hurt you or your business. Number one, will that proprietary, mission-critical application run on the new platform? Number two, which desktop are you planning to use? Number three, is your IT department up to the task? Number four, does your corporate headquarters get a benefit from Microsoft? Number five, do your employees use a lot of removable media? Number six, is your hardware supported? Number seven, are you using Active Directory? Number eight, do you outsource your helpdesk support? Number nine, are you subject to licensing fees for software? Then lastly, do some of your employees fit the Linux user experience more than others? All of these question are important and should be ask or thought over. Some are more important and then there are some questions that do not apply to everyone, but I think that this article brings up very good questions, even though I do not understand some of the questions and some of the words or programs that they are referring to, but it seems that these questions would help. With people these type of questions, I could see the that company making a better decision, instead of just going with whatever everyone else is using. And like what the article said, ask these questions before going backwards and back to square one, cause we all know time is money.