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Subject: Re: What kinds of business use Linux?
Date: 19 Apr 2011 14:11:06 GMT
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On 2011-04-19, Todd <Todd@invalid.com> wrote:
> he is scared to death of Windows (not an unfounded fear).

Heh....  

Who can blame him?  I won't do any online purchasing or banking on an
M$ box.

> He bought a Windows laptop to run the other things he was missing.

Yep.  Use an old XP box for Netflix.  

> Most of my home customers are home office customers.  So the
> Windows curse set in: Linux does not have the business application
> base.  No Quick Books, no Adobe Suite, no CCH and on and on.

I don't even know what those are!  

> And it has to be what everyone else is using as they want any
> accountant to be able to work on their stuff, etc..  And they
> do have a point.  Even if they are not stuck with Windows
> software, they still want the option to added it at a later
> date.  (Forget Virtual Machines, they are way over the heads
> of most home customers.)

When I first moved to my current locale, I asked the local computer
shop owner if he had any Linux customers.  He said no.  When I asked
why, he replied, "I need to make a living."

> The remaining Home customers all have kids.  Kids "must" have
> their iTunes or they melt down.  

Grooveshark + audacity

> Kids must have Word to write their papers for school.  

It's amazing how kids can txt with one thumb ....under the
table!.... but are too stupid to author a simple ASCII text file.

> almost runs poorly under Wine, but just try and print an envelope.)

What's an "evelope?"  ;)

> And everyone deservedly puts their nose up at Open Office. (Libre
> Office is in progress of fixing this.  I have an EIGHT year old bug
> in OO that OO refuses to fix.)  

Don't hold yer breath.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreoffice-34-beta-1-available-oracle-unchains-openoffice

> And some want to synchronize their iPhones.

And some parents refuse to be parents.  

> from Windows.  (And, if you Linux heads have never had to work on
> Vista, you are living sheltered lives.  If you have never almost
> passed out, okay not really, waiting for a Vista machine to boot up
> ...)

LOL.....  must not have the requisite terabytes of RAM.

nb