Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:18 UTC
Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted. Linux has been widely used on networked computers called servers, but it has comparatively little success on personal computers, beyond technically savvy users. Many companies have argued the open-source operating system is on the verge of breaking out in PCs and have been proven wrong. But Hovsepian sees some changes that he believes make the market ripe.
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2005-07-06
If Nero for Linux had the same functionality as Nero for Windows, it would be bought more often, but it isn't and thus most consumers don't get any added value by buying it.
I doubt it. There are too many free alternatives for Linux that allready are better than Nero for windows.
The problem for Nero is that they got too late to the market. If they had been present on the Linux market earlier there would have been less incentive to develop good free programs like K3b.