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Will Novell's Desktop Linux Catch On?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-drink-to-that dept.

Laura writes "Novell says its newly released Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10(SLED) can replace Windows for the average office worker. But will enterprises embrace a widespread migration from Windows?" From the article: "The desktop market is a very mature market, and Microsoft has a very strong presence there, which makes it hard for customers to move off [...] However, Jeff Jaffe, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Novell, said at the SLED 10 launch Thursday he is fairly confident that if enterprises have a chance to kick the tires of the new desktop OS, mass migration from Windows is soon to follow."

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  1. heh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You really know how to start a flame war.

  2. Re:I was foolish enough once... by dylan_- · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How exactly is this astroturfing? Do you even know what the word means? The comment was appropriate to the thread. Your own comment consisted of an inaccurate complaint. Yeah, really useful.

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  3. Re:I was foolish enough once... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, do you know what it means. The guy and his Foss Mean Business is pretty much the definition of astroturfing. Any way see you in Belfast.

  4. MOD NEEDED HERE by bean_tmt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    k thx

  5. Re:Linux guys don't like to hear this, but ... by DogDude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, I meant that I'd rather spend my nights drinking and getting laid instead of tinkering around with my computer to make it as functional as XP/2000 are out of the box. I don't play computer games (I assume "WOW" is a computer game).

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