By virtue of Red Hat. If Red Hat goes away, I'd be surprised if they can keep up that commitment. Besides that CentOS is now a Red Hat project.
There is Wine which allows to run Windows programs on Linux just fine. I am still using Office 2000.
Now try Office 2013. Last time I tried, not even CrossOver could run new Office versions without serious loss of functionality.
MS is changing UI every version and it requires retraining users and administrators.
Windows 7 is very similar to Windows XP. The same can't be said for e.g. GNOME 2 -> Unity or GNOME 2 -> GNOME 3.
Why would Red Hat be going away?
>Now try Office 2013. Last time I tried, not even CrossOver could run new Office versions without serious loss of functionality.
Libreoffice exists, and is very adequate for a government agencies' typesetting needs.
>Windows 7 is very similar to Windows XP.
Windows 7 is also an old product that is being phased out in favor of 8 and 8.1.
>The same can't be said for e.g. GNOME 2 -> Unity or GNOME 2 -> GNOME 3.
What about GNOME 2 -> MATE or GNOME 2 -> Cinnamon?
By virtue of Red Hat. If Red Hat goes away, I'd be surprised if they can keep up that commitment. Besides that CentOS is now a Red Hat project.
There is Wine which allows to run Windows programs on Linux just fine. I am still using Office 2000.
Now try Office 2013. Last time I tried, not even CrossOver could run new Office versions without serious loss of functionality.
MS is changing UI every version and it requires retraining users and administrators.
Windows 7 is very similar to Windows XP. The same can't be said for e.g. GNOME 2 -> Unity or GNOME 2 -> GNOME 3.