Linux is ready, but consumers are not

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 5, 2008 5:36 AM EDT
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Both big open source vendors have in the past month expressed intentions to stay within the enterprise space. Red Hat said in a blog post the consumer space does not pose a viable business proposition for it at present: "The desktop market suffers from having one dominant vendor, and some people still perceive that todays Linux desktops simply dont provide a practical alternative...building a sustainable business around the Linux desktop is tough, and history is littered with example efforts that have either failed outright, are stalled or are run as charities."

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Again, it's a simple answer helios 17 1,641 May 5, 2008 10:03 PM

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