What Japan Thinks: Over a Third of Japanese Engineers Won't Use Linux on the Desktop | Linux Today

What Japan Thinks: Over a Third of Japanese Engineers Won’t Use Linux on the Desktop

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 2006

“japan.internet.com, in conjunction with JR Tokai Express
Research, at the start of June looked at what engineers thought
about changing to Linux…

“The reasons for people refusing to use Linux on their primary
desktop seem interesting (just for the record, I would probably put
myself in this category); the top answer, the lack of usable
applications, doesn’t mention what sort of stuff people feel is
missing…”


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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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