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Will Munich's Linux Desktops Be Running Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the fingernails-on-the-well dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember that story about the city of Munich choosing Linux to power 14,000 desktop computers? One aspect of this story that most people don't know about is that up to 80 percent of those Linux desktops will be equipped with VMWare, a virtual machine emulator, under which they will run Windows and Windows applications. That's right, folks: The majority of those 'Linux desktops' will be used to run ... Windows." This Gartner report from early June seems to be the one mentioned in the article, though I'm not sure exactly where Thurrott gets the 80% figure.

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  1. What we need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is to buy out vmware like we did with blender. Then, we can hopefully get OEMs to start including windows UNDER Linux for increased features and stability. In addition, when Windows crashes, more options can be granted. If we can get Linux as the base for Windows, then people may start developing programs directly for Linux that bypass Windows altogether.

  2. article makes my head hurt by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must... not... give in... to... M$ propaganda...

    ...owwww...

    [gurgle]

    /me is dead.

  3. Advantage of using VMWare by Escalus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you guys missed the obvious advantage of using VMWare to run Windows - you can reboot Windows faster in the case of the a BSOD :)

  4. Re:Betrayal by .com+b4+.storm · · Score: 5, Funny

    If running Windows on Linux lets them do whatever they need to do, then who are we to criticize them?

    We are Slashdot. You must be new here. :)

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