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:Silicon.com: CIO Jury: The Linux Desktop is Dead
Silicon.com: CIO Jury: The Linux Desktop is Dead
Nov 8, 2006, 15 :15 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (7860 reads)

(Other stories by Andy McCue)

"Linux is unlikely ever to be a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows on the desktop for corporate IT departments, according to leading CIOs.

"Just this week new research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations. Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury backed the view that the Linux desktop dream is dead..."

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ZDNet: When was the Linux desktop ever alive?(Jun 04, 2001)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Linux has been on my desktop system at h ...   Stupid CIO's   
da
Nov 8, 2006, 16:05:33
 
If GNU/Linux was pre-installed these poi ...   Oh boy, here we go again   
abc
Nov 8, 2006, 16:34:57
 
To be competitive, the Linux desktop mus ...   Far from dead   
ue
Nov 8, 2006, 16:44:55
 
Microsoft's Windows is unlikely ever ...   Microsoft Linux   
Facundo Salom
Nov 8, 2006, 16:46:30
 
Doubters all!  Linux for the desktop is  ...   Linux Desktop   
Roni M. Oliva
Nov 8, 2006, 17:12:59
 
I dont think so. It always has and alway ...   Linux desktop is Dead (Not)   
Interested User
Nov 8, 2006, 17:24:38
 
As a native of the Silicon Valley in Cal ...   relax, UK is very MS-centric   
Cole Thompson
Nov 8, 2006, 17:42:09
 
Yes this is par for the course the CIO’s ...   What would you expect?   
C. Meeks
Nov 8, 2006, 19:03:52
 
Wealthy people think that for something  ...   Wealthy but stupid.   
Mario Miyojim
Nov 8, 2006, 20:02:43
 
> As a native of the Silicon Valley in C ...   Re: relax, UK is very MS-centric   
Jeff Rollin
Nov 8, 2006, 20:38:16
 
"There would have to be a unified vision ...   The C in CIO means "clueless"   
judecn
Nov 8, 2006, 22:37:54
 
CIO's , have been promoted to their  ...   Peter principle   
Don Whitbeck
Nov 9, 2006, 02:42:21
 
> "Linux desktop for business is as unsu ...   Re: The C in CIO means   
blackhole
Nov 9, 2006, 06:24:14
 
Bottom line, and I apologize for any UK- ...   Re: relax, UK is very MS-centric   
Segedunum
Nov 9, 2006, 10:31:06
 
...whatever.  I'm glad I have the CI ...   Yawn...   
David F. Skoll
Nov 9, 2006, 14:08:23
 
What they said boils down to 'I didn ...   What they said   
YetAnotherBob
Nov 9, 2006, 19:56:31
 
I have 6 children. 4 of them are using c ...   Linux desktop is dead... Is it?   
Kalinix
Dec 28, 2006, 14:33:11
 
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