Linked by David Adams on Fri 18th Apr 2008 16:26 UTC, submitted by sjvn
"Recently, both Novell and Red Hat went on record as dismissing the idea that the consumer Linux desktop is going to be taking off anytime soon. It's not? Has anyone told Asus and Xandros? Everex and gOS? How about Dell and Ubuntu? They're all doing great with consumer Linux desktops." The enterprise Linux leaders are not the ones making strides on the desktop. Does that mean that the Linux desktop has no future, or just that they've let their business focus let them drop the ball on that segment of the market?
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I think your post is insightful and wanted to add that the average user will use what they are familiar with and they generally gain familiarity by using something at work.
If they use Windows at work, it will be what they want to use at home. If they use OS X at work, they'll generally have that at home. So, logically, if the Linux powers that be want to expand Linux on the desktop, the place they need to focus on is not the end user, but rather schools, universities, and businesses.