The Linux Desktop: Boom Or Bust?
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| Ironically for Microsoft, Vista is just the shot in the arm that
| desktop systems with open-source Linux operating systems needed to
| boost their sales. At least that's the way solution providers see it.
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http://www.crn.com/software/199000630
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Analyst: Microsoft anti-piracy efforts to backfire
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| While it's true that losing people who aren't paying for the software
| is arguably a good thing for Microsoft, it's certain to cause an uptick
| over time in Linux's market share. "We don't think this is a pure
| win for Microsoft," IDC analyst Al Gillen said. "This is going to
| accelerate the Linux market as well."
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http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=43614&eid=1&edate=20061215
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
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| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
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