“In addition to the same old accusations of lack of familiarity,
applications, and support, Linux on the desktop may be facing an
attack against its one clear advantage–price. Microsoft may be
willing to make deep price cuts to staunch a potential market
outflow to Linux, according to Amy Wohl, a longtime software
industry observer who presented a Linux desktop achievement report
at the recent OSDL Enterprise Linux Summit in San Francisco.“As she laid out the Linux landscape around the
world–indicating developing nations with lower installed bases of
computers were much riper for Linux desktop opportunities–Wohl
cited the Munich, Germany, case, where Microsoft made the city’s
officials an offer that was hard to refuse after it seemed they
were opting for open source