SearchEnterpriseLinux: Linspire CEO: Linux to Yank Cloth from MS Table, Part 2 | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Linspire CEO: Linux to Yank Cloth from MS Table, Part 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 18, 2004

Peering into your crystal ball, what do you see
happening in corporate adoption of Linux desktops in the next year?
Two years?

Robertson: Every new technology trend starts
at a grassroots level. Early adopters come along, then consumers.
The last group to adopt is the large enterprise. Think about Linux
servers or Wi-Fi. Large corporations are the last to embrace the
trend and it will be no different with desktop Linux. It’s firmly
taking root with the technical crowd and moving to consumers as
Lraiser.com is showing. I’m confident you will see some corporate
adoption with some larger companies making wholesale changes away
from Microsoft Windows to products like Linspire over the next
couple of years…”


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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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