Re: [News] The Tyranny of the Installed Base

[Philip <me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Finding the Linux Desktop
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> | Analysis: Linux desktops should receive general market acceptance.
> | But they don't. The reason: The tyranny of the installed base,
> | among other things.  
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> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2076051,00.asp
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> Related:
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> | ...PC makers remain loyal to (read: scared of) Microsoft. But Linux
> | is catching on like crazy in other devices, powering the sleek new
> | Motorola A1200 Ming smart phone, the Sony Mylo handheld computer,
> | Linksys wireless routers and TiVo digital video recorders.
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> http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2006/0918/102e.html?partner=yahoomag

So where there is no installed base tyranny, a level playing field, 
Linux wins easily.

Phil