Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 20, 2005 11:17 PM
That explains why linux is growing in corporate environments, but not in the consumer marketplace. Corporations build their own support infrastructures anyway, and linux isn't that hard to support anymore. If you think back about 5 years ago, linux was just then beginning to be recognized as a valid operating system for a few functions in the data center. That's where linux is on the desktop now. Many people who are aware of it, but don't use it consider it to be a special purpose desktop envirnment -- say good for a help desk department, but not for me, I use word and that doesn't run on linux.
Give it time, With the desktop linux developments, and the increase in demand from corporate users -- who will get what they want, and will pay for it, I expect to see a gradual improvement in the situation over the next 4 or 5 years, just like there has been a gradual transition in the data center.
The fact is that 2 out of the 5 major outlets contacted oficially recognized the existance of linux at the customer contact level. These 2 have at least made a concious choice that they choose not to support linux. Even though we may not like the decision at least it was a purposeful decision, which means that linux is becoming more visible in the marketplace.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 20, 2005 11:17 PMGive it time, With the desktop linux developments, and the increase in demand from corporate users -- who will get what they want, and will pay for it, I expect to see a gradual improvement in the situation over the next 4 or 5 years, just like there has been a gradual transition in the data center.
The fact is that 2 out of the 5 major outlets contacted oficially recognized the existance of linux at the customer contact level. These 2 have at least made a concious choice that they choose not to support linux. Even though we may not like the decision at least it was a purposeful decision, which means that linux is becoming more visible in the marketplace.
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