Re: Linux on the desktop - it's come a long way, but is it there yet?

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:41:26 -0400 
"Mark J. Dulcey" <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> A point you missed: most of those big companies are mostly interested in 
> Linux in the server room; the desktop is an afterthought. Ubuntu is 
> unusual in having such a strong desktop focus, and I believe that's one 
> reason that people are so enthusiastic about it. 

I think both Fedora and OpenSuse have good desktop focus, but not to 
the extent that Ubuntu does.  IMHO, Linux fits into the server room much 
better than Windows. But, we also recall that Unix has always been 
intended as a server product. Most Unix vendors also focused on 
servers, with Workstations receiving a lot less emphasis. In contrast, 
Windows (and MS-DOS) was a desktop product from day 1 with the server 
products essentially coming in at Windows NT was released.