| Linux Moves Toward The Desktop [CommWeb] |
Jan. 23, 2003
Writing at CommWeb, Larry Greenemeier discusses the trend to cut IT costs and shed Microsoft licenses. The article highlights two customers who have made the switch successfully using Codeweavers, SuSE, Sun, and Ximian products . . .
" . . . Zumiez Inc. has created a Linux desktop using Ximian Evolution to communicate daily sales information with its employees via inexpensive open-source applications. The outdoor-sports-equipment retailer used Evolution software to create an open-source intranet that the company's 1,500 employees can access from more than 90 retail locations. The intranet serves as a desktop that includes Web browser, spreadsheet app, E-mail, and point-of-sale software from Apropos Retail Systems . . . "
"Engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston are using CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office so they can program in Linux while running Windows apps on the same desktop. These engineers write software that simulates the in-flight work environment that astronauts will face in space. Although these engineers have been writing to Unix for years, they more recently have been required by the government to use Windows apps for E-mail and other forms of communication . . . "
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