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So the year of the Linux desktop is finally happening
Someone build active directory and domain join all the PC so that organizations can replace Microsoft .
Just say its for security and privacy reasons and make these users sign a statement saying if they won't agree then they will be held responsible for any breach or hack and see how easily it gets deployed. End of the day it all comes down to the decision makers and most of them in IT are spineless bunch because I think most of their life they have spent time doing customer service.
It's an interesting thing when companies will gladly take all routes possible to make their employees miserable just to pinch a few extra coins of profit out but when a truly money saving action is available it will not be rolled out because of "fear" of people complaining about minor details.
IT changes usually affect management as well, while "cost saving" in production doesn't.
Again, interesting how real cost saving solutions are never implemented.
Because it's not a real cost savings when everything is figured in...like hiring/training help desk staff to support Linux, or management signing off on risks (or even spending the project time on quantifying those risks).
Enterprise IT is far more complex than most people realize. Sometimes the upfront cost difference is quickly lost in a sea of predictable (or unpredictable) down-stream costs.
Above all, pushing changes with unknown/unvetted risks will be met with a lot of resistance - because risk usually comes with hard to predict costs, in IT terms and in downtime, lost productivity, exposure to legal issues, etc.
When someone says this, it's a recurring joke, but when I've read your comment, it's the first time I actually think it may happen.
Well, I don't expect a takeover at all, but perhaps I envision something like this year's Reddit migration: I imagine some individuals or companies won't stand for it and switch to Linux.
So maybe in one year Linux on desktop will go from 2% global installations, to 3% or 4% which would be a colossal uptake!
(I admit I've not checked the current percentage of Linux installations, it was 2% years ago, but maybe it's already higher)
According to this post, 2016 was the year of the Linux desktop. ... But yeah, we're on about 3%.
First time I heard it was about 1998...