Website review: Linux is about to take over the low...
niallabrown discovered this in Linux/Unix
•6 reviews since Dec 8, 2007
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laodan rated 5 months ago- Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs in DesktopLinux by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
In the next few quarters, low-end Linux-based PCs are going to quickly take over the bottom rung of computing. Then, as businesses continue to get comfortable with SAAS (software as a service) and open-source software, the price benefits will start leading them toward switching to the new Linux/SAAS office model. You'll see this really kick into gear once Vista Service Pack 1 appears and business customers start seriously looking at what it will cost to migrate to Vista. That Tiffany-level price tag will make all but the most Microsoft-centric businesses start considering the Linux/SAAS alternative. Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to. Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice of the desktop market pie. Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor sold at Walmart for $ 199. Did you notice how the SAAS initiative is coming not from the US but from the EU? Microsoft's last decade costly monopoly on software seems to come to an end. The cost structure of Linux + SAAS is so advantageous that it simply can't be missed by individuals and small companies and Microsoft has no way of answering that challenge with its bulky and costly products.
- Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs in DesktopLinux by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
- ifireball rated 5 months ago
- SJN Provides an interesting case and cost analysis here, however I must stay skeptical here, this doesn't sit well with my perception of long-term technology trends, see my comment in the article's notes.
- kofrad rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to. Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice of the desktop market pie. "
- NinjaPancakes rated 5 months ago
- And the consumers have spoken. I'm just glad that the Linux desktop is good enough for mainstream, it's still a long stone's throw away from Windows' interface but with consumer interest, it'll close the gap quickly.
- Jailew rated 5 months ago
- Pretty sweet, I would prefer one of these mini-laptops over an iphone for about the same price. I'm going nuts just thinking of the possibilities.
