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Is the Demand for Desktop Linux Negligible?
Aug 4, 2007, 00 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8930 reads)

(Other stories by Luke Anderson)

[ Thanks to rambo_ando for this link. ]

"There's been much fanfare about Linux replacing Windows on desktops but we've yet to see any major adoptions take place--this may have something to do with the fact that in Australia, none of the major PC manufacturers have offered Linux as a pre-installed option.

"Dell has been offering Ubuntu, a flavour particularly popular with consumers, in the US for some time but we've yet to see it in any other countries. Acer recently started selling the Aspire 5710Z with Ubuntu, but only in Singapore for now..."

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We are "selling" Linux wrong.Every compu ...   It comes down to one thing...   
helios
Aug 4, 2007, 05:49:17
 
If Dell won't sell you a Linux PC in ...   I resent vemdors saying...   
IanM
Aug 4, 2007, 09:19:45
 
"You really risk lowering your acquisiti ...   The usual stupidity   
Richard Steven Hack
Aug 4, 2007, 10:07:25
 
Instead, begin to frame the discussion i ...   Wrong way.   
cjm
Aug 4, 2007, 14:52:50
 
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