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November 08, 2003
Linux Desktop in the Workplace
Posted by Ernest Miller
First, the CEO of Red Hat says you should stick with Windows for the desktop, in this Silicon.com story (Red Hat CEO says you should buy Windows). On the other hand C|Net News is reporting that IBM will announce on Monday support for the Linux desktop(IBM warms to desktop Linux). Actually, the two positions are much closer than I've made them seem. Neither IBM or Red Hat is proposing Linux for the consumer desktop, but rather for the business or enterprise-oriented desktop. This is a significant move. Microsoft gained a lot of momentum from the ease with which people could switch between home and business PCs running Windows. If the Linux desktop does gain traction in the workplace, it won't be long before it makes significant moves into the home.
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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