Open source aims to cash in on Vista migrations

Posted by tadelste on Sep 12, 2005 8:57 AM EDT
VNUNet.com; By Iain Thomson
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The launch of Microsoft's Vista operating system will see a major push by open source vendors to encourage companies to defect to their software. Jack Messman, chief executive at Novell, told vnunet.com that, while open source software is doing well in high-end and point-of-sale computing, it is less popular on corporate desktops. He explained that many companies fear the disruption that a move to open source would entail, but that Vista's launch will give IT managers a reason to make the transition from Windows. "We think that the opportunity [for open source] is when Vista comes on to the market," said Messman. "That will be the momentum that pushes Linux to the desktop. The cost of transitioning from XP to Vista will be more than moving to open source."

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