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Myths Stymie Linux Growth
Dec 3, 2007, 16 :45 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6784 reads)

(Other stories by Frank J. Ohlhorst)

"Year after year, industry pundits state, 'This is the year of Linux,' and year after year, those same pundits say, 'The market is just not ready yet.' So the big question here is, 'Where are the Linux desktops?' For the most part, they're not anywhere.

"Regardless of the advantages offered by Linux, no one seems to be adopting it wholeheartedly in the business world. What makes that even more fascinating is that the backlash against Windows Vista is not reason enough to fuel the move to Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
There is no significant company that is  ...   I don't agree, its marketing   
philc
Dec 3, 2007, 17:29:54
 
> There is money to be made in Linux sys ...   Re: I don't agree, its marketing   
wsd
Dec 3, 2007, 18:12:19
 
People that are using Microsoft, should  ...   stupid is as stupid does   
Fred Williams
Dec 3, 2007, 19:12:37
 
The truth is that blaming myths and FUD  ...   It's the applications!!!   
JJS
Dec 3, 2007, 19:38:14
 
There's no question the applications ...   Re: marketing   
Yim
Dec 3, 2007, 20:01:23
 
Marketing is about a whole lot more than ...   Re: Re: marketing   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Dec 3, 2007, 20:22:39
 
Also many of us underestimate just how i ...   IT phobia   
Yim
Dec 3, 2007, 20:51:58
 
I couldn't return to Windows because ...   The app problem.. A myth?.   
GreyGeek
Dec 4, 2007, 16:37:14
 
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