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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2005-11-02
Everybody has heard of Linux, and most have evaluated it to a degree that satisfies them. Most have chose something else over it.
What kind of fantasy world are you living in. You are living in cloud cuckoo land. If you walked out of your door and asked passers by had they heard of Linux what percentage would say yes - pretty small. if you asked them had they evaluated it the percentage would be tiny.
The majority of people who evaluate it stay with it. When I first tried out Linux 5 years ago a good part of my usage at home on my dual boot setup was in Windows. Now I never boot up in Windows.
It's still trailing behind in MANY key areas; but stallmanites don't/won't get it. You see, nobody can critisize the almighty Linux. Just wait until KDE/Gnome/X/Gizmogottahave version 0.x.12v is released "that'll fix everything" . . . "It's almost there!"
The point about Novell SLED is that they are releasing a Linux version that is not almost there but a version that is already ahead of Vista before Vista is relased.