Linux: Making the change
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| Moving to Linux used to be a big deal. Sure, it was cheaper, more reliable,
| and more flexible -- but who did you turn to when things went wrong? In an
| enterprise world that had grown up with the idea that Unix needed to be
| complex and expensive -- and that Windows was a quick-and-dirty Plan B -- the
| idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free just didn't
| click for many years.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Linux-Making-the-change/0,139023769,339284131,00.htm
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Xubuntu Compiz Fusion VERY OLD computer / Better than Vista
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| Computer Specs:
| PIII 800 + 128 MB RAM + GeForce 2 MX/400 32 MB RAM
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| Xubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon + Compiz-Fusion + Emerald.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qddueXkD8E
Dell warns of Vista upgrade challenges
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| Dell has taken the unusual step--for a PC vendor of its size--of
| toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system
| and warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead
| for them.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62027712,00.htm
Dell casts doubts on Vista
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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
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| [...]
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| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
Microsoft's OEM catch-22: XP still in the driver's seat
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| Much to Microsoft's chagrin, the "must wait for Service Pack 1" meme is also
| so firmly established that Vista uptake will continue to be soft among
| businesses for quite some time, certainly into early 2008 when we expect to
| see Vista's first service pack. Until then, Microsoft will not only have to
| keep marketing Vista to end users and IT shops, but it's beginning to look
| like the company will also need to pay increased attention to the happiness
| of OEMs whose help the company needs steering the S.S. Windows Vista out of
| the harbor.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070708-popularity-of-windows-xp-continues-in-spite-of-vista.html
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