Desktop Linux 'like teenage sex' (ZDNet)
One area where open source software hasn't caught on widely is on the desktop, an area where Red Hat has a modest product aimed at a relatively narrow set of customers such as those manning the phones at call centres. Desktop Linux is a tough nut to crack, Szulik said. "The desktop is like teenage sex. Everybody's talking about it, but nobody's doing it," Szulik said." No analogies were given for the Windows desktop, however.
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