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 Due
to CeBit 99 nearly every computer user heard something about Linux.
Without any doubt the interest of the press raised very much and many more
companies decided to release their products for Linux, too. And every new
program was celebrated euphorically and it did not matter if they
needed it or not. It was much more a signal that was set by these companies.
But exactly this sign does not touch these "normal" users
who did never hear about Linux before.
We do not understand why all new products for Linux are just server applications. Most Linux users use it as a desktop solution. It seems that there is no balance between the pro Linux press that wants to see Linux as a concurrent to WINDOWS and what happens in the development faculties of many companies. There, Linux is just another but cheap Unix version that is very popular. Also it is stable now and may take the server tasks which have always been offered by other Unix systems. Linux replaces more and more NT´s but usual there, where NT was used as a server. But such use does not
touch the advantage of Linux compared to well known Unix versions. The
big spread of Linux forced a fast development on the client side.
The new Caldera distribution improved Linux as a client. "Linux
for the Masses" becomes reality, slowly. Although much work is still
necessary in this area Linux is quite easy to install. Was this trend wanted
by the Linux community? This could be a difficult question. These projects
divide
the "old" Linux group.
We are not amused that the press seems to understand the announcements of big companies completely wrong. The press thinks that Linux gets more and more acceptance as an OS but the companies use Linux as servers in dark cellars. We hope that Linux will reach the light offices and we try to support it with this free magazine. |
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