Monday, December 21, 2009

A good year for desktop Linux

2010 is going to be a good year for Linux on the desktop. No, tens of millions of Windows users aren’t going to see the light and suddenly switch. Inertia and resistance to change make a massive migration highly unlikely. At the same time, Microsoft has managed to stem the erosion from its Vista-fueled disaster, first by extending the commercial life of Windows XP on netbooks, then by releasing Windows 7. On the other hand, there is no doubt that Linux will continue to make steady gains on the desktop next year, even though most estimates still put its market share at about only 2 percent. 

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Posted by Chin on 12/21 at 07:11 PM
Open Source • Linux • Personal computing • Ubuntu Linux • Windows • (0) Comments • Permalink
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