On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:33:02 +0200 Davy Brion <ralinx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > interoperability... the reason why a lot of companies are getting tired > of Microsoft is because they don't wanna get locked into using > technology that only works on Microsoft. Interoperability is gonna be a > huge factor for linux in the future... like it or not, but even if > companies are gonna start using linux, they will almost certainly be > using windows somewhere in the office as well. they will also have to > be able to communicate with other people who are using microsoft > software. if linux systems don't focus on being interoperable with > windows systems, then companies don't really have a reason to switch to > Linux, no matter how good it is or will become. But that is the beauty of Open Source. We can push all our technologies onto Windows machines and get interoperability that way. Make them interoperable with us! Yes there will have to be some conduits made from the Linux side too. That's understood. Samba is a good example of Open Source interoperability. But even there we're still chasing a proprietary master. Soon enough we'll have open source network filesystems available that are just as powerful, even more so. And they'll work on MSwin too just long enough for everyone to come on over and join us. Cheers, Sean.
