2005 outlook: Desktops to see Linux, search war and more spyware (Search Networking)

[Posted December 27, 2004 by ris]

SearchNetworking.com has a few predictions for 2005. "Two years ago, I said that Linux on the desktop was a nonstarter, but a lot has happened since then. The popular Firefox browser started the ball rolling in 2004. Now, in 2005, several vendors release desktop environments that mimic the Windows interface, establishing Linux as a low-cost alternative to Windows. The trend builds slowly, but the adoption of Linux as the desktop standard by a major U.S. government agency juices the trend. By year's end, Linux approaches 10% market share of new desktop operating system sales. Microsoft isn't exactly under siege, but the lights start burning late in Redmond."

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Posting in Tech Target

Posted Dec 28, 2004 15:01 UTC (Tue) by tristangrimaux (guest, #26831) [Link]

I posted a message in Tech Target so I filled a very large questionaire
to be able to be a "member", and then had to create a, what does they
call it? a Posting Handler? to post a simple message to some dude that
should be predicting the marriages of Holliwood stars (where failing is
more predictable)

It's good to know that even someone like Paul Gillin is getting the
"Linux thing", don't you think?