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[News] ComputerWorld: "Linux is Ready for the Desktop"

Linux ready for the desktop

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| McLaren said the cost of security alone in the standard desktop, is at
| least "50 percent to double" that of Linux.
| 
| He believes the primary inhibitors to large-scale Linux desktop adoption
| are Windows applications, especially Excel macros, and a perception of
| a large training cost associated with the move.
| 
| "There will always be a migration cost for any large project, but this
| will be dramatically lowered over time," he said. "You need take a 
| long-term view and realize security and admin costs will be lowered. We're 
| not saying everything should be moved over at once."
| 
| McLaren cited car rental company Europcar as having "success" by moving
| call centre people and branch office systems to Red Hat's desktop. 
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1555287553;fp;4194304;fpid;1

Finally. An article that doesn't treat Ubuntu Linux as synonymous with
"Desktop Linux". It mentions Novell and Red Hat.

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