As PCWorld reports: Linux Desktop Dream is DEAD

[Larry_OHF]

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...html?tk=hp_new

Ultimately, Linux is doomed on the desktop because of a critical lack of content. And that lack of content owes its existence to two key factors: the fragmentation of the Linux platform, and the fierce ideology of the open-source community at large.... With stagnant market growth and inadequate content options compounded by industry inertia, Linux basically has no chance to rival Mac OS X, much less Windows.

I never cared to look to Linux for an OS. Seems I did not miss much.

[Hivetyrant]

I too never cared for Linux, in our business fleet of 10,000 machines there are 4 that use Linux, and they are troublesome at best.

But before getting in to an argument around OS's, I think its easy to say that one day Linux may become a big player, but Apple's recent surge in popularity probably means the OS wars will be between Windows and OSX for some time.

[Hindsight]

..and look at IBM's OS2 Warp. They had true multitasking 20 years ago. What happened to it!?