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Novell Expects Vista to Spur Linux Adoption

Posted by Zonk on from the driving-them-into-the-arms-of-the-penguin dept.

It doesn't come easy writes "According to the Register, Novell expects the cost of upgrading to Vista will encourage many companies to turn to Linux instead. From the article: 'Jack Messman, chief executive of networking software vendor Novell says that 2006 will see widespread adoption of Linux on the corporate desktop. According to Messman the catalyst will be the release of Microsoft Windows Vista and the high costs associated with upgrading. Obviously, if they're right Novell hopes that turn will be toward SUSE Linux.'" We touched on this issue late last month, as well.

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  1. That doesn't make sense by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can read *any* TCO study sponsored by Microsoft and you'll find that the upgrade to Windows Vista won't cost anything. There are *never* upgrade costs if you stick with Windows. Sheesh.

    Also, there won't be any retraining costs if you stick with Windows.

    Microsoft buys a lot of good research, you folks should read it more often.

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  2. Re:Won't happen until... by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny

    Won't happen on corporate desktops until installing packages becomes something my mother can do.

    Ah yes, the old "mom's apple pie and corporate software install" argument. Because we all know that's how businesses test their operating systems.

    IT Director: "Mother, can you come here please, we have a Linux distribution to test"

    Mother: "Just a minute son, I'm ironing your father's shirt."

    IT Director: "Mother, please! You know we have a billion dollar company to run here. Dad's shirt will just have to wait."

    Mother: Well, if you say so, but just remember how upset he was about the Windows Vista chicken soup incident."

    Yup, enlightenment from a Slashdot Microsoft shill. Worth every cent of the paper it's printed on...

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  3. 5+ Informative?? by lullabud · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know which is funnier, the joke itself or the fact that it was modded 5+ informative! Haha, those /. moderators, what a bunch of kidders. :)

  4. Re:News? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know, if one of these "trusted monitors" refused to display Goatse I'd be more then happy to buy one.

    The capcha for this AC post is "rectum," it's like Slashdot can read my mind.