One thing that the survey report has shown is that people are far more interested in deploying (not just talking about) Linux on the desktop than I had originally thought.
Users, peers lead firms to consider desktop Linux
Companies have been slow to embrace Linux as a desktop operating system, in sharp contrast to the rapid adoption of the open-source software as a server operating system. But that situation is set to change, with market analyst IDC forecasting that 17 million PCs worldwide will be running desktop Linux by 2008. At present, Linux has a 2.5 percent share of the desktop operating system market based on shipments, according to IDC, with that figure set to reach 9 percent by 2008.
Trying for the Top: Desktop Linux Aims for the Big Time
OSDL has reached out to other open-source organizations to work in a small group of less than a hundred developers on how to dramatically improve the Linux desktop.
Fans aim to get Linux on desktops
OSDL has two goals for the gathering: identify areas that need improvement; and boost collaboration among the various groups that make versions of desktop Linux.
What Users Want from Desktop Linux
Download the full report.
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on November 29, 2005 11:05 AM
