2006: A year of surprise Linux partnerships. Or, guess who's coming to dinner
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| 2007 could be a token year for the Linux desktop, thanks in part --
| ironically enough -- to Microsoft. So said IDC in a list of predictions for
| next year anyway. Number nine on that list was that Microsoft's
| anti-piracy effort with Windows Vista would motivate users to opt for Linux
| instead of jumping through hoops to prove their license is legit.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1236186,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/ybk3wy
IDC is considered a Microsoft sockpuppet. Apart from all the
microsoft-commissioned 'studies' they do, also see some evidence:
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| ^^^
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
| They're also too lazy or scared to ignore the likes of Gartner and
| IDC until the firms change their disclosure rules.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
Related:
Outlook 2007: Linux and Open Source
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| Next year will be a big one for Linux, with new platforms
| and opportunities in the data center.
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| [...]
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| Much more interesting, we hope, will be next year's vendor
| activities surrounding desktop Linux.
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| While Linux is well positioned, featurewise, to give Windows a
| run for its money in 2007, what the platform still lacks is the
| sort of OEM support model that Windows enjoys.
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| It's nearly impossible to buy a PC without a bundled Windows
| license, which makes Windows effectively free for most
| buyers and erodes the Linux price advantage--particularly
| since most enterprise or business user oriented desktop
| Linux options come with per machine fees attached.
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| In addition, Microsoft's practically exclusive relationships
| to PC OEMs ensures that vendor efforts to provide working
| drivers remain trained almost solely on Windows.
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| Linux distributions have grown quite good over the past
| few years at making their way onto PCs without the help of OEMs.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2066805,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
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