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IDC Proclaims Linux Is Now Mainstream

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-of-course-it-is dept.

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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  1. Strict by paranode · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Linux won't be mainstream until I can set up a Linux box for my grandmother and leave it knowing she'll be fine with it for an indefinite period of time.

    If that's your definition of mainstream then I don't think even Windows is ready.