On Wednesday 02 Dec 2009 1:47:28 pm Rony wrote:
Support for Linux is needed from manufacturers as well as commercial software package makers for the industry. However this is still a distant dream. We still have software makers who make commercial packages for Airline Booking, Share Trading, etc for the agents, run only in the Administrator mode of doze. All this is software involves high value money transactions but the doze zombies don't even know how to make their software run in Limited User mode.
another interesting point is that DGS&D offers redhat linux as 'in lieu' product. But if you do not specify the operating system, you get vista. And no one will tell you this - they will say that vista is compulsory. It is not so - all manufacturers *have* to supply linux 'in lieu' if asked for. I once contacted Red Hat Chennai to find out of this is applicable to desktops also - the guy who answered the phone said 'I do not think so', after I screamed at him he put me onto a new person who said 'last year it was, this year the specs have not come out'. Anyway he promised to send me the specs. Never did it. The specs were out long ago - linux is there. This shows that marketing morons are not confined to doze companies.