[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“A newly-conducted survey of Australian and New Zealand tech
users has lent weight to Linux’ desktop prospects, with more than
three-quarters of respondents saying it will improve its strength
in the area.“The survey–conducted by tech expert Graeme Philipson in
February–found that almost two-thirds (61.3 percent) believed the
open-source operating system would get ‘a little’ stronger on the
desktop, while 22.5 percent said it would get ‘a lot’ stronger.“Philipson said the survey respondent base–derived from ZDNet
databases–was weighted towards those with an interest in the
subject, which he defined as IT users’ usage and perception of
Linux and related issues at the beginning of 2004…”