Linux on the Desktop
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| Perhaps the most visible event is the impending launch of Microsoft's
| Vista. Try as they might, this new OS shows every sign of needing
| hardware replacement, some user training, and considerable support
| staff training to be truly effective in deployment. Particularly note
| the last two, often cited as reasons why moving to Linux is expensive
| and fraught with danger. Of course, Linux doesn't have the added
| disadvantage of needing a hardware upgrade.
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| The second event on the horizon is the move to 64 bit hardware on
| the desktop. 64 bit hardware is commonplace in the datacenter and
| on Unix/Linux workstations, but not so common sitting on the average
| end user's desktop. Some may argue that 64 bit hardware just isn't
| needed on an average desktop. Quite probably, the same people said
| the same of the move from 16 bit to 32 bit desktops, and their
| children probably argued against the need to move from 8 to 16
| bit machines.
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| Both of these events are natural places for people to pause and
| reconsider their whole environments, and any conscientious CIO is
| going to give the non-Microsoft alternatives a really long, hard
| look.
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