Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Who SERIOUSLY uses Linux for SERIOUS WORK, seriously? Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:53:03 BST Lines: 19 Message-ID: <95ghmfFl6eU1@mid.individual.net> References: X-Trace: individual.net /E9KbONbbB0PQu2pjfFr3w6d9Sp0CARAS1wVshrezJA065qx8v X-Orig-Path: BERLIN : news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:ilwRW1aCink2hwItEB3I0cl6v+Q= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.setup:440 in 532305 20110610 230713 RayLopez99 wrote: >Again, I ask the timeless rhetorical question: who is seriously using >Linux for Serious Work? Since the first time I've posted this thread, >from years ago, only ONE (1) person has shown me they do Serious Work >(a defined term--for you first time viewers--I'm talking about an OS >that supports the Office Suite). This one person was a contract >manager who insisted on using Linux. He was valuable enough to his >organization that they let him get away with this stunt, and he ended >up converting all Linux work into Office format using some emulator >like Wine I suppose, or perhaps Linux somehow can export to .docx >format, though I don't see how. Again, you get the same answers. 95% of super-computers use Linux 1.0% of super-computers use Microsoft Read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10187248 (click on "By OS") and you should never need to ask again.