The true battle is to come [LWN.net]

The true battle is to come

Posted Jul 15, 2003 14:08 UTC (Tue) by libra (guest, #2515)
Parent article: Linux wins big over Microsoft in Munich (USA Today)

Certainly "Linux" has won a battle, but the hard part is still to come. There will be plenty of conservative users to face, unpleased politicians, lobbyist etc...
Those people would take any chance they have to avoid the change if they can. And they may find opportunities to do so if even the slightiest problem arise. It then could bring Microsoft big weapons if they can say in the future "Look, they tried Linux there, but it failed to satisfy their needs".
So, the big battle is in front of SuSE and IBM. It will be a battle against conservatism and lobbyism, to have the chance now to really and completely go to the end of the attempt, and show the world that indeed GNU/Linux on desktop works pretty well.

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