http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/11/09/cio-jury-the-linux-desktop-is-dead-silicon-com.aspxI always like to share information about how Windows or Linux is perceived on the desktop, but this little article puts it stronger than I ever would! Linux is unlikely ever to be a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows on the desktop for corporateenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/11/09/cio-jury-the-linux-desktop-is-dead-silicon-com.aspx#2480Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:53:45 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:2480David Overton<p>Vijay,</p> <p>1st off, this is my opinion, not a fully internal informed opinion, so it might be wrong.</p> <p>I think that saying we will be recommending SUSE is a bit strong. &nbsp;The basis of the deal is about trying to sort out the pigs ear of a mess that interop and application compatibility is for Linux. &nbsp;Since some MS customers run Linux, rather than trying to sort out all the different versions, we will work with Novell to get SUSE working properly with Windows systems. &nbsp;This has to be good for our customers - but don't expect MS to be saying &quot;You really want to run that on Linux&quot; :-)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2480" width="1" height="1">http://192.168.2.20/blogs/doverton/archive/2006/11/09/cio-jury-the-linux-desktop-is-dead-silicon-com.aspx#2479Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:15:36 GMT72050d9c-4f41-4a16-9f70-ebbf2c98a2c7:2479Vijay Singh Riyait<p>You're going to have start recommending Novell's SUSE Linux after the Novell-MS Deal! What do you think of that Agreement?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://192.168.2.20/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2479" width="1" height="1">