[Back on a saddle somewhere. Please don't mind some dupes. :-( ]
Opinion: Desktop Linux Is a Reality Now
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| Indeed, desktop Linux is now in consideration for an increasing number of
| mainstream users. It has rated feature articles in The New York Times, The
| Wall Street Journal and hundreds of other mainstream publications globally.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9042198&source=rss_news50
Letters: We're Quite Ready for Linux on Desktop
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| What prevents Linux from widespread desktop adoption are rumors and myths,
| such as those presented in this opinion piece.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=304982&source=rss_topic89
Desktop Stats: Linux Behind, But Moving Forward
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| Regardless of its modest market share in absolute terms, the fact that Linux
| more than doubled suggests it is growing at a collision course with the other
| OSes. If it were to maintain its current growth rate, it would be the
| dominant OS by the year 2014.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6427/1/
Related:
Windows Vista Ready?
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| The majority of new members and guests are here because they want to install
| Windows XP on systems which came with Vista pre-installed. Others are dual
| booting with XP and Vista because they do not want to, or are unable to
| solely depend on Vista to do what they need their systems for.
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http://www.pro-networks.org/blog/index.php/vista/14
Windows rapidly approaching desktop usability
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| Don't Lose This Product Key!
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| Video blanking hassles
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| Windows XP networking: Not for amateurs
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| Shocked by additional software costs
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| Where Windows XP shines
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| Hope for the future
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http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/18/2033216
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.
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| 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.
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| "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."
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| 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
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