Trust at Robert Pogson

Trust is a word M$ does not understand. Steve Ballmer has stated that he is going all in to provide cloud services and to integrate them into that other OS. No one trusts M$. Venturing into the cloud requires trust. The only sector that is close to trusting M$ is business and they trust M$ like a rattlesnake. You are doomed if you trust a rattlesnake not to strike. It’s what they do. They will strike eventually if you stay within range. Best to leave them alone.

Business trusts M$ so much they passed on Vista and they are not rushing to “7″. When is business going to get into bed with M$ in the cloud? Maybe “8″ or “9″, after many have migrated to more open systems? Not likely. Gartner predicts that business will escape via thin clients in the next few years. They’re leaving you, Steve. It’s a couple of years before GNU/Linux is popular on the desktop and thin clients are already mature technology. Neither needs that other OS, or M$.

Sure, some will stick with that other OS when they venture into the cloud but it will not be because they trust M$.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.