Linux to Ship on More Desktops than Windows

Oct 30, 2008, 14:36 (12 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jim Zemlin)

"Matt Richtell of the New York Times wrote a great article on Sunday about the demand for faster start up times on computers. In the story the chronicled how HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus and a array of other PC makers are starting to develop "machines that give people access to basic functions like e-mail and a Web browser in 30 seconds or less." Here is the interesting part: Linux is providing that access."

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