NetworkWorldFusion: Moving Linux to the Desktop | Linux Today

NetworkWorldFusion: Moving Linux to the Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 9, 2004

“Increasingly, businesses, government entities and schools are
starting to look beyond Windows, which IDC says securely dominates
the desktop market with a 94% market share. Instead they’re
considering running Linux as their client operating environment.
But the move is a slow one.

“While organizations see big cost savings in casting off
proprietary licensing fees, many challenges remain, including the
lack of application support and a reluctance within companies to
move from an established operating system to one that is
unfamiliar…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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