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OSDL Announces Desktop Initiative

Posted by timothy on from the pleasant-buzzing-noise dept.

rhetoric writes "Earlier today at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York, nonprofit Open Source Development Labs announced the creation of a "Desktop Linux Working Group initiative focused on greater use of Linux on desktops throughout the enterprise." A press release is available on OSDL's website, in addition to this Register article." It's all part of their non-secret plan.

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  1. The biggest obstacle is IT support departments by GonzoDave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Getting the office running on Linux might actually require work.

  2. Thats evolution by gowen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux : going from competing desktops to competing desktop initiatives...

    --
    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  3. Re:Argh, preempted! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Meanwhile, RMS is yet to take that initiative and is still taking sponge baths in the MIT LCS 3rd floor Men's room.

  4. Re:Skiing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes,

    However if your skis randomly broke and you had no way of fixing them and when you tell people this they mutter things about 3rd party ski wax.

    I'd bet then you'd be a regular snowboard rider.