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Forget Linux on the Desktop
Sep 15, 2007, 02 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (6536 reads)

(Other stories by Paula Hunter)

"While I have encouraged readers to consider Linux on the desktop, I have come to the conclusion that it just isn't ready for small and medium sized businesses.

"There are few that want to see Linux succeed on the desktop more than I, but I am ready to claim defeat. I read endless reviews and articles about how much progress has been made, and then someone like Walter Mossberg of the WSJ takes a look under the hood, and proclaims what I feared, Linux is not ready..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Our small business runs everything on Li ...   Linux is our "desktop"   
Linux User
Sep 15, 2007, 02:20:51
 
I don't have the energy to register  ...   This one is bought and paid for   
helios
Sep 15, 2007, 02:43:07
 
I question the journalistic integrity of ...   What a stinking pile of FUD!   
Joe USer
Sep 15, 2007, 02:47:56
 
I installed Windows the other day and I  ...   Windows is not ready for the desktop   
Jimmy the geek
Sep 15, 2007, 03:13:50
 
Didn't waste a click to RTFA but I&# ...   Not this **** again   
Sys_Admin
Sep 15, 2007, 03:36:23
 
... but since I use Linux on the desktop ...   I was going to RTFA...   
Randall Burt
Sep 15, 2007, 14:28:46
 
Wasn't it a few years ago that we we ...   Not ready for the server   
David May
Sep 15, 2007, 19:16:49
 
This "journalist" claims to "have encour ...   More recycled "expert" "journalism"   
Bernard Swiss
Sep 15, 2007, 22:08:16
 
You were not tearing down an OS (term us ...   Re: Windows is not ready for the desktop   
Fred Williams
Sep 16, 2007, 03:25:42
 
f this article is representative of her  ...   I believe you to be extremely perceptive   
helios
Sep 16, 2007, 06:08:07
 
> f this article is representative of he ...   Re: I believe you to be extremely perceptive   
SM
Sep 16, 2007, 17:39:15
 
This is beginning to be very old and mol ...   Linux is a great desktop   
Roni M. Oliva
Sep 17, 2007, 18:01:19
 
>" Come on be fair to her - if you are a ...   Re: Re: I believe you to be extremely perceptive   
Bernard Swiss
Sep 18, 2007, 02:35:43
 
Used GNU/Linux and *BSDs since 1997 (~31 ...   Media Ethics?   
malignedtruth
Sep 23, 2007, 02:59:20
 
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