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worker201:
I think the enterprise IT way of doing things is "pick one and stick with it forever". And the decision to go with IE was probably made during the first browser war, before Mozilla/Firefox. The decision to go with Windows was made even earlier - Linux probably didn't even exist yet. Interestingly, there's still graphic design and layout companies who use Macs only because it was decided 20 years ago that Macs were good for graphics. I suppose there is something to be said for tradition...
Refalm:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 17 March 2010, 02:48 ---I think the enterprise IT way of doing things is "pick one and stick with it forever".
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Its more a case of Problem Management (ITIL) having not that many calls. And that a respectable company wants at least a CMMI level of 2.
Those two requirements make sure that changes in the IT infrastructure don't happen, very often.
Companies will only select another operating system or application sets if that clearly improves overall processes.
In the case of switching from IE to Firefox, that means infrastructure management have to make changes to application distribution, the whole service-desk department has to be instructed to deliver support, and the users need proper instruction.
A whole new operating system radically different from the former one means a complete overhaul. The changes made to the company to use Linux generally don't outweigh all the work the IT department has to perform to maintain and fix all the bullshit that Windows gives them.
It's like changing from petrol to gas in your car. Once you have gas, it's far more superior to petrol, but getting a gas tank in your car means a significant investment.
Lead Head:
Isn't another issue is that most 3rd party windows browsers in IT environments is that they cannot have updates "pushed" like IE can?
worker201:
Not wanting to go through the hell of having to orchestrate the retraining and process updating of the IT support workflow is the main reason why enterprise IT likes to pick one and stick with it.
The company I used to work for had a series of gas chromatographs, which were made by HP and run by HP computers that ran Windows 98. These computers were slow and problematic and shitty in all respects. But we were locked in - upgrading to a new computer required upgrading to newer software, and the newer software was not compatible with the old gas chromatographs. So upgrading from Windows 98 to Windows XP would have cost us $75000 for 3 machines. Sad thing was that there was nothing wrong with the old gas chromatographs, they still had 5 more years of life left in them. Needless to say, the company was reluctant to do it. But the computer support costs of trying to deal with 3 Win98 boxes have probably outpaced the cost of replacing 3 perfectly good gas chromatographs.
Isn't petrol just a synonym for gasoline? That part confused the hell out of me.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 18 March 2010, 07:52 ---Isn't petrol just a synonym for gasoline? That part confused the hell out of me.
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Petrol is a synonym for gasoline, I was looking for the English translation for "benzine".
By "gas", I meant Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
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