Linux Online - Rumors of Microsoft's Demise Are Premature...But Not Unthinkable

Rumors of Microsoft's Demise Are Premature...But Not Unthinkable


Publication:	LinuxWorld	Date:	Oct 30 2004
Reporter:	Christian Einfeldt

Software market watchers are now taking more serious assessments of the penguin versus butterfly competition, as Microsoft matures and Linux continues to put large growth numbers on the board.

The more vocal observers' voices in this choir are typically located outside the United States. For example, Tectonic, an online open source magazine based in South Africa, recently quoted Novell SA systems engineer and business manager Allison Singh as going on record that Microsoft's Windows juggernaut will become an operating system for niche tasks while Linux takes over the mainstream desktop and server roles. According to Tectonic, Singh forecast that users who need specific applications written for Windows only will stick with the OS, but for most other users, the rapidly evolving Linux desktop will become the standard operating system

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