It can't be!

Story: 84 percent say no thanks to Windows 7Total Replies: 9
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caitlyn

Apr 15, 2009
4:58 PM EDT
"50 percent of those being questioned seriously considering a move to a non-Windows OS such as Linux"

It can't be! I'm sure I read on IT Wire that Windows had "kicked Linux to the curb" and that it had "crushed" Linux. Surely Linux is dead.
NoDough

Apr 15, 2009
5:06 PM EDT
Linux is dead! Long live Linux!
Sander_Marechal

Apr 15, 2009
5:20 PM EDT
So, is Linux like a zombie or more like a cat with 9 lives? :-)
gus3

Apr 15, 2009
5:31 PM EDT
Or "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave".
caitlyn

Apr 15, 2009
7:10 PM EDT
It's more like a Time Lord. It just keeps regenerating.
azerthoth

Apr 15, 2009
7:16 PM EDT
Rust, once it starts there is no stopping it.
jacog

Apr 16, 2009
3:40 AM EDT
I think it's more a case of whomever shouts his made-up statistics out the loudest shall be accepted as the truth.
TxtEdMacs

Apr 16, 2009
11:46 AM EDT
caitlyn,

How many times do I have to repeat:
Quoting:It's BSDs that are Dead! And Linux, it's taking its last few labored breaths.
Psst: MS, so quit with the check its in the mail. And how many times do I have to repeat the Vista Extreme is my FAVORITE OS? Send cash, not regards.
tuxchick

Apr 16, 2009
12:14 PM EDT
It is noteworthy that we are seeing articles like this. It wasn't that long ago that Linux and Mac weren't even on the radar of MS I mean tech news media.
bigg

Apr 16, 2009
12:26 PM EDT
Linked from the front page of CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/04/15/cnet.all.in.one.net...

Quoting:They're a subcategory of desktop PCs called Nettops, and, like Netbooks, they're generally defined as a computing platform powered by the Atom processor that runs either Windows XP or a version of Linux.


I thought it was interesting that it was just tossed out there, "it runs Linux" as if that's no big deal.

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