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September 1, 2005 Linux Desktops: The Question Is "Where And When," Not "If"by Richard Fichera, Simon Yates with Laura Koetzle, Thomas Powell |
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Executive Summary
During the past two years, the opening salvo about Linux on the desktop has changed from "Are you crazy?" to "Where can we deploy?" As offerings from mainstream Linux distributors and major systems vendors continue to mature, firms are beginning to figure out how to deploy Linux desktops for select purposes, from retail to engineering to aerospace. But organizations like the city of Munich muddy the waters, because they've chosen Linux for political reasons, rather than because it fits their environment. The bottom line? Users with large homogeneous populations of desktops running dedicated applications and minimal requirements for interchanging richly formatted Microsoft Office content can now safely consider Linux on the desktop. In turn, Microsoft must both continue its efforts to reduce the lifetime ownership costs of its client OS and clearly communicate the advantages of Windows/Office integration to its customers.
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