vnunet: High Migration Costs Holding Back Linux

"Novell's newly developed SuSE Linux client operating system has an improved user interface and features, but the high cost of migrating from Windows remains a major barrier to uptake, according to Gartner.

"The warning comes after Novell's demonstration last week of the next version of its Linux client operating system, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10, which it plans to ship during the third quarter of this year..."

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