How-To: Teach Linux To Do Windows, Part 1: Page 2 of 32

Why convert to Linux, anyway? Three main reasons:

1. Stability: Linux servers exist that have not needed to be rebooted in several years. Though even a Linux emulation can't solve all of Windows's stability problems, moving to Linux certainly can help.
2. Relative immunity from malware attacks: Linux is immune to boot sector and file system-related viruses. Almost all malware is Windows platform- or application-specific.
3. It's the future: Anyone in the commercial white-box business who plans to stay in it must learn Linux before customers require it. We see news of a major organization or government agency switching over from Windows to Linux almost every day. In the past, this has been mainly in the server area. But now, organizations are doing complete conversions including desktops for ordinary users. While most functionality that isn't already will be wrapped in pretty GUIs, you are going to be the one your customers call when the GUIs don't work, i.e. they're going to expect you to know the guts of Linux. There's also going to be an increasing demand for Linux consultants.