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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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    Do you have ESP?