http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/linux-desktops-wiping-the-shine-off-microsoft-vista/ A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/linux-desktops-wiping-the-shine-off-microsoft-vista/#comment-33 Linux desktops: Wiping the shine off Microsoft Vista? « Tons of Fresh News Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:49:33 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/linux-desktops-wiping-the-shine-off-microsoft-vista/#comment-33 [...] Linux desktops: Wiping the shine off Microsoft Vista? Some Linux vendors talk about the opportunities presented by the release of Microsoft Vista. While others talk, HP developed a game plan and is scoring points. HP is now touting its success in the Linux desktop market, and Dell — reading the writing in the IDC stats and on its blog — is trying to catch a bit of HP’s action.[news] [technology] [linux/unix] [...]

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/linux-desktops-wiping-the-shine-off-microsoft-vista/#comment-32 bill Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:31:59 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/enterprise-linux/linux-desktops-wiping-the-shine-off-microsoft-vista/#comment-32 That may be your fond hope, but if you go to Best Buy, Ciruit City, Office Depot, etal, there is no such weeping and gnashing of teeth. Microsoft screwing up so badly that people will turn to Linux is a pipe dream. And even at that, what kind of pride could you have in knowing that you are not people’s first choice, which would, even in your reference frame, be a version of Windows without these mythical problems?

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