Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 10th Dec 2006 18:20 UTC, submitted by Barnabyh
European governments have long complained about their dependence on Microsoft's software, but their rhetoric has not turned into a mass migration away from Windows. During the past few years, Europe's elected officials have made a lot of noise about ambitious projects to switch to open source software, including big migrations of government PCs in France, Germany, Spain and Norway. Yet the actual migrations have been negligible. More than 95 percent of all PCs used by European government workers still run on Windows, according to the market research firm IDC.
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2006-12-07
Linux could catch up, but Linux does not want to catch up. Linux distributions are mainly based on GPL software,
and not every piece of software, particulary a driver is compliant. FSF has got a rigit stance on that, and I can't see any room for compromise. That's why the Linux market penetration is limitted and will stay limitted.
Linux community is in perpetual state of ambivalence. They are advocating Linux broader use of Linux and similar software. On the other hand they want software that meets their specifical philosophical and
political agenda, and their own vision of IT, which is not shared by the majority.
People out there are not buying GNU/Freedom ideas today, and the majoity of them never will.
DG