Is this the year of Linux of the desktop? For these guys, that's old news

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story imageMunich city council's decision to move from Windows to Linux may be under scrutiny, but it's worth remembering it's not the only major organisation to have chosen open source for its desktops. Linux-based desktop operating systems face barriers to widespread adoption and skepticism about their future prospects due to their limited use today. Yet major users do exist, including companies such as Google and a small but growing number of government bodies. TechRepublic covers five of the major players that have invested seriously in Linux desktops.
  1. Google
  2. NASA
  3. French Gendarmerie
  4. US Dept of Defense
  5. CERN
  6. yo mamma

Re: Old news (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-12 16:58 (#2SBE)

Really? Is Chromebook really that much of a factor? I thought most people were still buying them in the $200 variety to replace lower end netbooks (which disappeared goddamit), not really the higher end Pixel stuff or even the midrange where Windows is still the only choice...

I think the triumph of the web and the lack of compelling new CPU-hungry applications, combined with the unquestioned lousiness of Win8, is what's doomed the market there...
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