:Five ways the Linux desktop shoots itself in the foot
Five ways the Linux desktop shoots itself in the foot Oct 14, 2009, 19 :03 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (4787 reads) (Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)
"Microsoft is the biggest reason. Microsoft is a jealous monopoly that doesn't want to share the desktop with anyone. Desktop Linux is just another target in a long list that has included OS/2, DR-DOS, and -- that eternal thorn in their side -- the Mac. It's no surprise, then, to see in the history of the Linux desktop Microsoft has always tried to crush it.
The very first attempt at a mass-market Linux desktop, 1999's Corel Linux Desktop, lasted less than a year. Why? In 2000, Microsoft paid off debt-ridden Corel to kill it. "
