Stories by: Steve Fox

A year ago, Computerworld wouldn't have published an article describing how to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. The operating system's installation glitches hadn't been smoothed out, app and basic utility support was still too spotty, and peripheral device support lagged. Oh, yeah, there was one more thing: The demand simply wasn't there.

According to basic e-mail etiquette, mass-forwarding an e-mail message is annoying, inconsiderate, and just plain bad form. (And don't get me started on those "REPLY ALL" scoundrels-- grrrr!). But I'm going to break with protocol here, because I simply must share a few choice words from Randall Kennedy, our Enterprise Desktop blogger. Kennedy and I had been trying to come up with a descriptive subtitle for his blog. To tell me about his approach, the ever colorful Mr. Kennedy sent me a deliciously juicy e-mail, which I excerpt below.

Talk about dedication! In preparation for "Microsoft and Linux square off in InfoWorld's Exchange migration challenge" -- a shootout pitting Microsoft Exchange against four commercial Linux-based mail servers -- Test Center Senior Editor Ted Samson took a vacation ... to Antarctica.