Niklot - Slashdot User

Comment blink blink. (Score 1) 1348

by Niklot on Monday October 18, 2010 @10:08AM (#33932276) Attached to: Desktop Linux Is Dead

what are you talking about? Linux is more popular than ever, being used on more platforms than ever. I am studying computer science in university and we have ubuntu on the majority of the pcs, and we are encouraged to use OS and linux quite frequently. Crap article much? Plus you can play virtually any games on linux that you can on Windows, just download playonlinux and install away~! I play oblivion on my ubuntu desktop all the time. I can't think of any proprietary apps that I can't replace or better on linux for free.

Linux To Take Over Microsoft In Enterprises 237

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 18, 2010 @03:22AM from the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race dept.

shougyin writes "For years, Linux has enjoyed much of its success as a replacement for Unix. Companies turned to Linux to replace Unix servers, or for new deployments within a Unix-heavy environment. Linux is still king there, but it's starting to encroach on Microsoft as well. Big companies are planning overwhelmingly (76.4%) to add more Linux servers in the next year, and less than half (41.2%) of the companies are planning to add Windows servers in the next year. Even more interesting, nearly half (43.6%) are actively planning to decrease use of Windows servers in the next year."

Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice 421

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:10AM from the run-for-the-hills dept.

GMGruman writes "A recent Microsoft video on OpenOffice is naively seen by some as validating the open source tool. As InfoWorld's Savio Rodrigues shows, the video is really a hatchet job on OpenOffice. But why is Microsoft so intent on damaging the FOSS desktop productivity suite, which has just a tiny market share? Rodrigues figured out the real reason by noting who Microsoft quoted to slam OpenOffice: businesses in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe that aren't already so invested in Office licenses and know-how. In other words, the customers Microsoft doesn't have yet and now fears it never will."

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