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:Windows IT Pro: So Much for the Linux Threat
Windows IT Pro: So Much for the Linux Threat
Feb 5, 2005, 03 :00 UTC (28 Talkback[s]) (9624 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Thurrott)

[ Thanks to donaldsoltis for this link. ]

"The Linux hype has just one little problem. Despite steady improvements over the past several years and the support of major IT companies such as IBM, Novell, and even Sun Microsystems, Linux seems stuck in a perpetual holding pattern, unable to eat away at Microsoft's server market share. And as the PC industry comes out of an economic recession and enterprises resume technology spending, it's interesting to note that Microsoft solutions, not open-source solutions such as Linux, are making the biggest gains..."

Complete Story

Related Link:
San Francisco Chronicle: Why Does Windows Still Suck?

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Reads like a paid study again !...and by ...   WindowsITPro ?   
GH
Feb 5, 2005, 03:27:45
 
Great Article.. for a WINDOWS magazine.  ...   Great Article   
Brent H
Feb 5, 2005, 03:31:36
 
at least some of the comments are intere ...   well...   
Greg
Feb 5, 2005, 03:41:42
 
After all, their site is Windows IT PRO. ...   Well? What did you expect from them?   
Brandioch Conner
Feb 5, 2005, 03:48:41
 
Are you surprised by that given the name ...   Re: WindowsITPro ?   
Richard N. Turner
Feb 5, 2005, 04:31:31
 
windows is history... we're in 2005w ...   windows?!?   
muabdib
Feb 5, 2005, 04:59:05
 
What did you expect them to type: our pl ...   I expect nothing less from them   
Joe User
Feb 5, 2005, 06:02:37
 
Let's consider the servers on the In ...   Microsoft's server market?   
GreyGeek
Feb 5, 2005, 06:12:32
 
Its a Paul Thurrott article.Move along,  ...   Paul Thurrott   
basman
Feb 5, 2005, 08:40:11
 
Very funny website Windows IT Pro.  Wind ...   shhhh dont tell him, his website is not html compl   
Jason
Feb 5, 2005, 12:08:59
 
Only 1/3rd of the page is visible on my  ...   Page doesnt even render properly   
SteveOC
Feb 5, 2005, 12:41:57
 
One of the comments below on the article ...   Ah brilliant - found it   
SteveOC
Feb 5, 2005, 12:47:40
 
" Better check that LT can cope with thi ...   Rendering problems   
drew Roberts
Feb 5, 2005, 13:22:09
 
I have many things I could say in respon ...   Insecure?   
Carey
Feb 5, 2005, 14:45:21
 
Isn't that one of those phrases that ...   Windows IT Pro ???   
Stuart
Feb 5, 2005, 14:53:23
 
"13 New Windows Security Vunerabilities" ...   Re: Microsoft's server market?   
GH
Feb 5, 2005, 16:25:46
 
Lets hope that Microsoft and the MS VARs ...   delusion is great   
phil
Feb 5, 2005, 17:02:41
 
These guys are delusional! They are actu ...   These guys must have their heads buried in the san   
SM
Feb 5, 2005, 17:35:38
 
The page does not render properly in IE  ...   Re: Page doesnt even render properly   
Khan Md Ashraf
Feb 5, 2005, 18:02:40
 
This is Paul Thurrott. He's basicall ...   Hilarious   
Karl
Feb 5, 2005, 18:13:42
 
> windows is history... we're in 200 ...   Re: windows?!? yes windows   
vb
Feb 5, 2005, 19:17:33
 
> Isn't that one of those phrases th ...   Re: Windows IT Pro ???   
jp
Feb 5, 2005, 19:50:19
 
To: thurrott@windowsitpro.comSubject: Re ...   My Emailed Response To This Drivel   
Richard Steven Hack
Feb 5, 2005, 19:56:54
 
> > windows is history... we're in 2 ...   Re: Re: windows?!? yes windows   
DDahl
Feb 6, 2005, 01:01:01
 
Money transfered to microsoft or similar ...   Should market share be   
Bilbo
Feb 6, 2005, 04:07:09
 
> Two thigns are needed to dominate, to  ...   Re: Re: windows?!? yes windows   
Mar
Feb 6, 2005, 11:36:23
 
> Windows may not be the best, but the b ...   Re: Re: windows?!? yes windows   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 6, 2005, 21:31:40
 
Most people just want to get things done ...   *   
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Feb 7, 2005, 11:03:13
 
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