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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Adam
date: 2006-12-11 09:58:50
subject: Re: OS X stealing desktop from Linux?

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Linux has more to fear from OS X than Windows?
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/12/8/6219
>
> For those who don't know or care, advocates of open source have been
> predicting the imminent advent of Linux on the Desktop since, oh, 1999.
> Seven years later, there may finally be the possibility of success for *NIX
> as the cubicle OS, but it may not make Linus Torvalds happy. From ZDNet
> Australia, Munir Kotadia looks at a recent Gartner report that shows LotD
> losing out to OS X.
>

Nah Gartner have been coming out with crap like this for ever. A while back
it was that Linux on the server was going to be threatened by OSX &
that that fight would only be over a small % of the server market left by
Windows.

In many ways this is positive as it shows that the server position is now
safe & the desktop is next hence the gartner piece.

Adam

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