Will Novell's Desktop Linux Catch On?

Laura writes "Novell says its newly released Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10(SLED) can replace Windows for the average office worker. But will enterprises embrace a widespread migration from Windows?" From the article: "The desktop market is a very mature market, and Microsoft has a very strong presence there, which makes it hard for customers to move off [...] However, Jeff Jaffe, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Novell, said at the SLED 10 launch Thursday he is fairly confident that if enterprises have a chance to kick the tires of the new desktop OS, mass migration from Windows is soon to follow."

Good question!

[Anonymous Coward]

What with all the time we spend here proving P=NP and creating world peace, we've been neglecting idle speculation about Whether Linux Can Succeed On The Desktop!

Re:Unlikely.

[jav1231]

How convenient that you throw the distro name in with the release name and wonder why they think it's funny. There are many other companies that do this. Microsoft has had its share of code names and if you called Windows by those names they wouldn't even know they were running it. Maybe your friends were laughing because they know you.

Look out, a new office companion!

[Bromskloss]

Staples

Gah! Is that the new Clippy?

Kicking the tires

[Dekortage]

if enterprises have a chance to kick the tires of the new desktop OS, mass migration from Windows is soon to follow.

Yeah, this has worked real well for Mac OS X. Seriously, what is the target market percentage that SLED10 is going to have in one year, two years? Will they be happy with 3.5%? Or must "success" be something much bigger? (maybe a video of Ballmer throwing a chair at a Novell booth?)

But it is a good sign that they refrained from calling call it SLEDX.

Re:Good question!

[Anonymous Coward]

P = NP where N = 0 or 1 or P = 0. QED

So that's It Then, MS is Finished!

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the breakthrough we have all beeen waiting for. We've turned the corner. Bill G will go to his grave with "Bloomington North High School" written on his heart.

Pity..... :-(

[Savage-Rabbit]

For the FOSS Means Business event, it was suggested that we get Microsoft to take part and make a big controversial event (since Perens and Stallman would be the other keynoters).

We decided against ......

I'm rather disappointed, If you could have gotten Steve Ballmer to attend on behalf of MS as well as Richard Stallman I would have be willing to pay for the privilege of watching the event. I'm convinced a debate between those two would end in a world class chairthrowing duel.......

Re:Linux guys don't like to hear this, but ...

[MrNougat]

Have you really administrated XP anytime in a larger enviroment? Its a big ugly PITA and demands crazy amounts of work to stay awake.

That's the part I love the best. It keeps me in a job. Be careful what you wish for.

Re:Unlikely.

[JohnFluxx]

Hmm, you need better friends and a new fiance. Co-workers you'll just have to live with.