Linux has so many positive attributes, there is a wonder why it is not on more desktops. You can't beat the price and it has fewer viruses than Windows. But why hasn't it taken off?
According to Gartner, Linux will only be on less than 2% of desktops in five years. One consultant said the biggest obstacle to Linux taking off on desktops is its lack of applications.
One Network World reader fought back, saying: "At any point in time, most of the world is six months from Linux and Microsoft is six months from oblivion."
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robert pogson said: The only reason to believe that GNULinux has not cracked the desktop is you are living in a region where retailers do not give GNULinux any shelf-space Brazil Russia India China much of South America Africa and Asia all have retailers selling GNULinux PCs Dont believe the web stats that say GNULinux has 1 share They are biased to USAEurope where retailers mostly sell that other OS Even M is only claiming 50 million licences per quarter when the world is shipping 90 million PCs and a hundred million ARMed devicesCheckout Walmartcombrhttpwwwwalmartcombrcate327 desktops listed with GNULinuxDell recently started selling Ubuntu GNULinux in more than 1000 stores in China and India