eWeek: The Chicken, the Egg and the Linux Desktop | Linux Today

eWeek: The Chicken, the Egg and the Linux Desktop

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Dec 8, 2005

“I recently wrote about why the Linux desktop needs major vendor
support before it can take off.

“I got a lot of letters about that one, so rather than write
everyone back individually, I’ll say here why I still think the
Linux desktop, more than anything else, needs big-time–Gateway,
Dell, HP–support before it can be a big-time success…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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