LinuxInsider: Linux Takes Microsoft Rivalry to the Desktop

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"Linux is poised to threaten Microsoft's dominance in the desktop and notebook market, assuming it can overcome interoperability issues, according to experts. It's only a matter of time, they say, before the open source operating system gives the U.S. software giant a serious run for its money.

"'We're starting to see things come together for Linux,' says Warren Shiau, research manager for the software research program at IDC Canada in Toronto..."

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