The Pros And Cons Of Windows

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The Pros of Windows
A Windows-based enterprise system has a strategic advantage due to its popularity in the work, home, and education environments. With the Windows operating systems being a common ground for traditional work environments in the United States, many companies and homes have continued the use of Windows systems out of convenience. With the ease of use, and difficulty of adaptation at low, companies aim to keep employees productive by keeping the familiar feel of Windows in the business environment. Additionally, running a Windows system offers additional cost benefits due to its vast popularity. Microsoft’s Windows operating system has a higher rate of exposure the built the technology culture in the United States, generating …show more content…

This provides a great advantage to IT staff as they have many options to seek help for unusual technical difficulties that may occur. We see an example of this from the Copenhagen Business Academy (CBA) which in a recent case study explains the why they decided to remain using a closed source operating system. CBA IT director states, “a switch to Linux would seriously increase the need for local system “patches” while waiting for new releases of the Oracle DBMS. Furthermore, CBA is worried about compatibility problems between different Oracle versions, Linux flavours and versions, and hardware. Summing up, CBA is highly vendor dependent, and has excluded OSS due to perceived lack of support, fear of compatibility problems, and slow timing of upgrades.” (Larsen et al., 2004). Thanks to the migration cost for Linux being high for larger organizations (that are already running Windows server), Windows has been able to maintain its control of the market. “Switching costs from the dominant Windows operating system make it difficult for the Linux market-share to grow fast. Much depends on the relative availability of applications for Windows vs. Linux and the switching costs from the Windows ecosystem to the Linux ecosystem”(Economides, 2006). With Windows attempting to stay current they have began to change their business model to stay

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