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Stopping Linux Desktop Adoption Sabotage

Posted by Zonk on from the fair-play-is-for-the-birds dept.

Mark Brunelli, News Editor writes "Outspoken IT consultant John H. Terpstra believes that Microsoft and electronics manufacturers are working together to hinder the adoption of Linux on the desktop. In a three part series, he tells a story about how two guys trying to buy Linux desktops found they were overpriced, and lacked certain tools. He then describes how Microsoft uses its considerable resources and the law to create such roadblocks. (Part 2, Part 3)"

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  1. Has made it? O.o by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From TFA:
    Many IT professionals ask me when Linux will finally "make it" on the desktop. How will they know when Linux has made it? What's holding it back?

    I don't know about him, but the last time I checked, software installation in Linux was still a mess.