Is Microsoft's monopoly kaput?

Posted by vainrveenr on Apr 27, 2007 4:42 AM EDT
InfoWorld; By Robert X. Cringely 		Mail this story
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In just a few short days our choices in desktop operating systems seem to have tripled. Not only has Dell agreed to distribute Linux on certain desktop models, but it's also given XP a new lease on life. Responding to user requests on its Ideastorm site, Dell has agreed to offer consumers the option to get XP and not Vista on select Dimension desktops and Inspiron notebooks -- at least until Microsoft sends XP off to the OS boneyard in January 2008. Even Michael Dell is running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on one of his home notebooks.

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I don't know about that... hchaudh1 1 1,535 Apr 27, 2007 5:05 PM

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