RE: AIX suggestions

That just sounds like Anti-Ms Jim Bluster 😊

Doesn't matter whether I like Windows or not. What you're saying sounds more like your opinion than facts.

I do believe you may have customers who aren't happy with licensing perhaps, but getting rid of Windows desktops and AD. Not happening.

Show me an all Linux or Mac shop. Even some of the early movers to pure open source desktops are moving back to Windows.

I work on Windows, MacOS, Linux, ChromeOs, Raspberry Pi and the only real way to move off of Windows is to have a non-windows terminal RDPing into a Windows based citrix server. Still Windows, but back to cheap Windows terminals (ala 5250 concept).

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date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:01:06 -0600
from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: AIX suggestions

I did mention "select customers". That said, I get the question quite often even in larger shops looking to break the M$ curse. One shop allocated almost $1 million to make Microsoft get out of the data center. M$ Desktop only for that customer. They are tired of the "catch up" payments and licensing costs that to not support the value received. I know you love Microsoft products, and that's OK, but there is a much larger world out there than just IBM i and Windows. Some folks want to go there.


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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Schoen
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:07 AM
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Subject: RE: AIX suggestions

Sounds like a fun project. I've been doing quite a bit with Linux and AIX lately.

FWIW - I doubt you'll see very many shops get rid of Active Directory, but I am happy to be proven wrong ?

Regards,

Richard Schoen
Director of Document Management
e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p. 952.486.6802
w. helpsystems.com
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