Linux at Work - Long

[robert jorgenson]

yes, believe me there are many more advantages of *nix over that other one, the presence of virtual desktops in windows should be no reason for anyone considering conversion to change thier mind

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:57:02 -0700
"charlie bullen" <charlie@swtravel.com> wrote:

> Hi, this discusion is going in a different direction that I anticipated. When 
> I started this thread, one of the positive things that my collegues saw in 
> using linux at work, and by the way we are a help desk and support office, is 
> the virtual desktops because of the large numbers of applications we are 
> using all the time. 
> 
> Now I might have to be in a position to enhance the usability of windows. I 
> think I'll just keep my mouth shut for a while though.
> 
> CHarlie 
> 
> On Wednesday 17 July 2002 16:25, robert jorgenson wrote:
> > There is a program on the driver disk that came with my ATI card that does
> > virtual desktops in all windows OS's i dont know the name off hand  though
> > :(
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:51:57 -0700 (MST)
> >
> > "Tom Emerson" <tom@technicaljanitors.com> wrote:
> > > At the risk of hurting the cause:
> > >
> > > There are a couple of multiple desktop software available for win2k.  I
> > > don't recall the names, but I have seen them in production use in help
> > > desk and support offices.
> > >
> > >  - tom e.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Trent Shipley wrote:
> > >
> > > I hereby predict that the MS-pro and server versions of Windows will have
> > > multiple virtual desktops.
> > >
> > > If not in the next major release, then in the major release after that.
> > >
> > > > One of my collegues has expressed interest in using linux also, mainly
> > > > because of the multiple virtual desktops, The general manager has
> > > > expressed interest because I have pointed out that it really is more
> > > > effcent, given what we do to use the multiple desktops. The owner is
> > > > interested as well, from a cost and efficiency standpoint and also he
> > > > is a hadrcore unix guy (we have SCO servers and RedHat servers) who is
> > > > sold on Linux as a server but has never used it as a desktop. He, by
> > > > the way reformats his hard drive and reinstalls windows at least twice
> > > > a year.
> > >
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