The Ximian Desktop 2.pptVIP

The Ximian Desktop 2 Tony Brett Oxford University Computing Services Agenda Linux Adoption Trends Why Deploy Linux Recent Progress Open Office Linux Desktop Challenges Red Carpet Ximian Desktop 2 with Demo What’s Coming Resources Linux Adoption Trend Why Deploy Linux Clients? Control Multiple vendor strategy Flexibility, standards Strategic independence Cost Reduced software licensing costs (70-80%) Reduced support cost (fewer viruses, security, better robustness) Large Ongoing Linux Client Deployments Linux in the Movies Linux on Intel outperforms SGI Many Movie Studios have moved to Linux