[Utilizer]

And of course, they have never heard of Linux -or even if they have heard of it, of course they need to run the latest version of WinDoze and MS Office. (/s)

No sympathies here.

Almost 30 years of running Linux, and not a single version of malware or ransomware has ever struck any of the machines I work with that are running it.

Someone needs to mail them a clue.

[freedumb2003]

>>Someone needs to mail them a clue.<<

Still too many things depend on Windows or Mac.

Linux is a great server OS but the deployment as desktop software is close to zero.

For example, I don’t know if Exchange Server runs on Linux (quick Googles says no) but that is an example of an enterprise App that is relied on heavily.

No excuse for not having regular solid backups.

None at all. The CIO should be fired and no on in their right mind should ever hire him/her.

[Dr. Sivana]

Almost 30 years of running Linux, and not a single version of malware or ransomware has ever struck any of the machines I work with that are running it.

I didn't know there was a release version of Linux 25+ years old.

I found the versions up to 1999 at least to be buggy (maybe not the core, but stuff certainly crashed the system, particularly Corel WordPerfect), and hardware drivers were lacking.

I don't see any Linux database app that comes anywhere near the usability of FileMaker Pro, or even Access. I would be intrigued by a decent Paperport software replacement (especially since the Windows Paperport v14 is old, ignored and so slow as to be unusable).

[taxcontrol]

I have had one and only one ransomware attack - yep Windows box in the cloud. We were in the middle of an initial build so no blood no foul. Just killed the VM and started over. Did move around the app install order so that the firewall and virus software got installed first.

I have installed and seen hundreds to thousands of Linux servers.