How To Avoid Linux Migration Pitfalls, May 04, 2009

To migrate your business to Linux successfully, it's crucial that you catch and avoid problems that can doom the project before you install a single piece of software.

Want to see a company snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Just watch Microsoft execute its netbook game plan against Linux.

Big Blue is doubling a rewards program under which businesses can get thousands of dollars worth of software and services for free -- if they unplug their Sun boxes.

Windows' continuing loss of web share is primarily to the benefit of Mac OS X, though Linux and mobile platforms are also picking up share.

If you read enough blog posts, or more specifically, comments posted on blog posts, you might get the idea that there are specific structural, technological or systemic reasons why Linux has only a small slice of the desktop market.

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