Windows 8 AKA "Me 2" (at least from what I have seen of the current betas)RussellHltn wrote:Of course, they might want to eye the situation with Win8 and see where the enterprise is moving before making that decision.
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RussellHltn wrote:That would require making MLS run on Linux, as well as possibility additional support for people who don't know Linux.
aclawson wrote:There's not really a need to "know" linux to use it - double click on the icons and things work.
RussellHltn wrote:Until something goes wrong and it needs to be fixed.
A'la Deep Freeze as used in the FHCs.rbeede wrote:Actually one nice trick that is easy with Linux is to simply configure the distro so that you reboot and it reloads it from a clean image.
The lack of printer support (and for some units scanner) is really the show stopper. It could provide some savings in cost, but when purchasing new PCs the vendor rarely gives you a discount for leaving out the Windows OS anyway.
aclawson wrote:Cost? There are lots of companies who would be more than happy to give you a discount on such a large contract.