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Novell Headed To Linux Enterprise Desktop In Asia

Posted by simoniker on from the desknux dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "Novell's Asia-Pacific division is working on Linux desktop trials in Hong Kong and Malaysia, with the expectation that Linux's adoption on enterprise desktops will continue to grow. They expect many more companies to start embracing it within the next 12 months." A spokesperson from Novell comments: "I don't see it as a watershed where everybody's running Linux desktops, but you'll start to see the emergence of some examples of companies that have embraced Linux and are going down that path."

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  1. Yeah, well... by bad+enema · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is only because they couldn't get the paper clip to speak Chinese.

  2. Whjy would they do that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    After all, you can buy copies of WinXP in that region for $5, even less if you are any good at bartering.

  3. Re:Asians Love Linux!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    -1 Lacist

  4. Re:More to embrace than meets the eye by PacoTaco · · Score: 4, Funny
    Thank you for posting Slashdot standard comment #14. As always, this greatly enhanced the discussion of [Novell Headed To Linux Enterprise Desktop In Asia]. We hope you continue to make similar contributions in the future.

    -The Management

  5. Dude, they are going to make *so* much money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, they'll be able to sell linux to everyone. Then an hour later, they can come back and sell it again!

  6. In Capitalism, man exploits man...[*] by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Cisco execs reduced their salaries to $1 to same(sic)"

    So a handful of Cisco execs makes the same as 10,000 productive employees?!!! That'll show those Commie Bastards that Capitalism Works!(tm)

    --

    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  7. Re:Apps for Linux desktop by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny
    Out of free (of charge) software that is getting huge market share of desktop, what would the Linux equivalent of:

    - Real Player

    Ooo! I know!

    #!/bin/sh
    # RealPlayerOne, Linux port ( Dark Lord Seth, 01-03-2004 )

    dd if=/dev/random of=~/realplayer.tmp bs=1024 count=1024
    dd if=/dev/random of=~/tmp/realplayer.core bs=1024 count=1024
    dd if=/dev/random of=/var/real/buffer bs=1024 count=10240

    echo "Buffering...\n\n"
    sleep 10

    echo "Buffering...\n\n"
    sleep 10

    echo "Buffering...\n\n"
    sleep 10

    echo "Connection reset by peer."

    #rm ~/realplayer.tmp
    #rm ~/tmp/realplayer.core
    #rm /var/real/buffer
    --
    Hate me!
  8. going down by aled · · Score: 1, Funny

    "companies that have embraced Linux and are going down that path"

    Bad choice of words? :-)

    --

    "I think this line is mostly filler"
  9. Re:It's 2004... by 110010001000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    -Hardware isn't a problem.
    hee hee.
    -Applications aren't a problem.
    HAHA.
    -File exchange isn't a problem. Any major file format that Windows/Mac users read/write and be read/written in Linux.
    Oh my. Good one.
    -With the proliferation of sub-$500 computers, Windows and 3rd party software becomes a major portion of the price tag. Linux makes economic sense here.
    Yes! I wonder why everyone doesn't use it given all the advantages you stated above.

    Could it be because you are caught in a reality distortion field?

  10. Re:It's 2004... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    hee hee.
    HAHA
    Oh my. Good one.
    Yes! I wonder why everyone doesn't use it given all the advantages you stated above.
    Could it be because you are caught in a reality distortion field?

    Wow, that's some argument. You must of been head of the debate team in school.