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:BusinessTimes: The Rise and Rise of the Linux Desktop
BusinessTimes: The Rise and Rise of the Linux Desktop
Mar 22, 2004, 16 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (9117 reads)

(Other stories by Tang Weng Fai)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"A new power structure could develop as the Linux desktop computer gains momentum, particularly in Asia. More than a cliche, less than a trend--Linux advocates have been preaching the 'Linux will take over the desktop... eventually' message for a while now.

"Doubters, chief among them Microsoft Corp which still has 95 per cent of the worldwide desktop operating system market, often call it the case of two swallows not making a summer. Well, those swallows are recently thicker in the air..."

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Obs. 1) I have no way to disprove it, bu ...   Two observations.   
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