Linked by Joshua Boyles on Wed 19th May 2004 20:08 UTC
By the time Longhorn comes out I'm sure everyone will be sick of the subject "windows vs linux." Will longhorn finally destroy that pesky linux and mark another decade of Microsoft's monopoly, or will the underdog come out with a stunning upset and send a multi billion dollar company to it's grave?
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The biggest hole in the author's argument is the fact that most people will only go out and buy a new OS when their old computers are shot. They will run Win98/ME/XP until the computer dies. When that happens they will buy new computers with Longhorn installed. That's they way it has happened in the past and I see no reason for that to change in the future. The only way for Linux to displace MS is if Linux comes preinstalled on computers from a big manufacturer, and not just from a special page on their website. When a company like Dell allows you to not only configure the hardware but pick the OS too, then you will see Linux gain a considerable marketshare, especially if having Linux preinstalled cost less than getting the computer with Windows preinstalled.