Linux: Money pit or cost-saver?

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C.R Loewen Enterprises LTD., a steinbach, man., window manufacturer, has used Linux on e-mail and Web servers for three years. Dave Lehman, Loewen's e-business manager, says Linux is more secure and reliable than Windows Server. But Linux on the desktop? "I would say it would be at least two rears before we'd be in a place to seriously consider it," Lehman says. Bryan Rawson had experience mixing Windows and Linux on desktops before becoming chief information officer at Mississauga, Ont.-based engineering consultants Golder Associates. Rawson says Linux saves on software licensing, but there are other factors, and for now he has no plans to implement it at Golder. "There aren't enough cooks in our kitchen at the moment to start another pot on the boil." think it's safe to say Microsoft needs to rethink its value proposition, because it's not a matter of if but when the Linux desktop takes off."