Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple, Aug 15, 2008

Bob Sutor, IBM’s VP of open source and standards, recently declared at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas that the open source world needs to create new and innovative user interfaces distinctive to Linux desktops if they want to pose a greater challenge in the desktop space.

The free Linux operating system handles big tasks such as running supercomputers and ATMs. Now, Linux has a chance to loosen Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain — mainstream PCs — because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines.

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