“Not many corporations run Linux on their client hardware, but
that situation will start to change if the Linux community can make
a business case around the lower costs and greater manageability of
enterprise Linux desktop environments, according to speakers at the
Desktop Linux Conference on Monday.“Linux advocates are trying to convince IT managers to abandon
Microsoft’s licensing fees and security issues in favor of Linux
software for the desktop. The strategy isn’t to convert the masses
all at once, but rather to explain the advantages of Linux over the
Windows operating system for certain types of companies running
certain types of applications…”