IDC Proclaims Linux Is Now Mainstream

robyannetta writes "Eweek has an interesting article quoting IDC analyst Al Gillen saying "Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream." He made that observation because IDC's research predicts that Linux's overall revenue for desktops, servers and packaged software running on Linux will exceed $35 billion by 2008."

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Re:Won't be

[HangingChad]

Microsoft Help is the most astounding collection of utterly worthless "troubleshooting tips" I have ever seen.

I busted out laughing when I read that because I can't count the times sitting in front of busted Windows box thinking the exact same thing about the help files. They are absolutely the most useless, bloated piece of an already bloated, barely functional operating system.

I have never once had a problem that that thing came anywhere near helping me solve.

So true. Why bother including them at all? The help files are so divorced from reality they could easily be for a different operating system. If you're going to go to all the trouble and cost to include them, at least make them somewhat functional.