“Here at Comdex 99, non-PC devices are stealing the show,
industry leaders are spouting off about the supremacy of Internet
computing over clunky PCs, and Linus Torvalds and his open-source
operating system, Linux, appear ready for primetime. On top of
that, Microsoft is under pressure since a U.S. federal court
recently ruled that it is indeed a monopoly….”
“Interest in the open-source operating system, Linux, is running
as high as it ever has at this show. Microsoft’s Windows, however,
still is the clear front-runner for the desktop, according to one
analyst at Comdex.”
“I don’t think on the desktop there is going to be a serious
challenge to Windows any time soon,” said Stephen Baker, senior
hardware analyst at PC Data, a Reston, Va.-based market research
company.”
“Linux also fails to pose any serious threat to Microsoft’s
dominance on the desktop, as the open-source operating system
vendor community is too fragmented, according to Baker.“