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Gartner Weighs In on Linux's Desktop Prospects | |
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| Time: 13:03 EST/18:03 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Microsoft does not appear in any imminent danger of losing much market share on the desktop productivity front to any Linux or open-source competitors. In a presentation at this week's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here in San Francisco titled "Client OS and Office – Charting a Course to Longhorn (or Linux)," Michael Silver, a Gartner analyst, said that just because Linux is free does not mean it is cheap. | ||
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| #1 By 26839 (24.250.158.65) at 5/19/2005 11:03:02 PM |
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Linux is free.
Linux is cheap to maintain. Linux comes with MANY more applications than Microsoft Windows. I've been using Linux for 11 years now. Debian linux has a software package management system that is years ahead of Microsoft. These so called "linux analysts" have probably never seriously used linux. |
| #2 By 3653 (68.54.224.219) at 5/20/2005 1:01:33 AM |
| MANY more apps? You lost me right there. |
| #3 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 5/20/2005 11:49:44 PM |
| #3, No kidding! No stronger argument could be made in favor of Microsoft software than that one. |
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