Could a wily little penguin disrupt Microsoft's desktop empire? The Linux operating system has made impressive gains on corporate servers, but so far has failed to crack the desktop market. More than 90 per cent of the world's personal computers run on Windows. And Linux is still considered too technically complex for the average computer user. But that is changing, especially outside the United States. Government agencies in Europe, China, India and South America have started to encourage Linux over proprietary software because it provides cost savings, freedom from reliance on a single software vendor, and flexibility.
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