If every software vendor in the world started supporting Linux maybe there would be an option. In the meantime I completely agree with what you're saying and I save businesses a ton of money deploying it where I can.
Putting Mate on 25 laptops this week. Works wonderfully, but they use it for a remote desktop connection, not to run their software on. Saved a ton of money either way.
It is not only software that dies with a Windows upgrade. I replaced a computer with one that had a newer version of Windows. No driver for my printer. The printer manufacturer said that the printer was old and they were never going to write a driver for the current version of Windows. So a perfectly good printer went to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop in hopes that someone could use it. It probably ended up as a working printer in a landfill.
Good point John. I have had similar experiences as well. But the worst part (for me) is having to set everything back up the way you had it only to find some things simply don't work anymore. I resist change whenever possible. Change gets expensive, even when it is advertised as free. If not for the cost of the O/S, then the apps you replace and the time you spend putting everything back. Which reminds me...I have never done an upgrade of a Windows operating system. I have always backed everything up, wiped the drive and done a fresh install. Seen too many people do the upgrade only to have a lot of broken things.
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Putting Mate on 25 laptops this week. Works wonderfully, but they use it for a remote desktop connection, not to run their software on. Saved a ton of money either way.
John Abshier