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:The Register: Resellers Question Linux on the Desktop
The Register: Resellers Question Linux on the Desktop
May 6, 2004, 16 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (5264 reads)

(Other stories by John Oates)

"Resellers are enthusiastic about recent moves by Novell and Red Hat to move Linux onto the desktop but warn that fear of the unknown and missing applications are holding progress back.

"Asked if he thought Linux was ready to grace the desktops of the average business Philip Burgess, sales manager at Sire Technology, said: 'Blimey, I've just put the phone down after talking to SuseLinux [sic]--I'm going to see them next week...'

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
That's exactly what's keeping me ...   exactly...   
Mike
May 6, 2004, 16:54:59
 
There is no excuse resellers cannot be o ...   Resellers   
horne
May 6, 2004, 17:12:13
 
As used in the Register's headline,  ...   Lo , the poor idiom   
Wendell Cochran
May 6, 2004, 18:16:34
 
What applications are you missing?  You  ...   What Applications???   
Troy Roberts
May 6, 2004, 19:28:17
 
> What applications are you missing?  Yo ...   Re: What Applications???   
Uno Engborg
May 6, 2004, 21:20:18
 
> Then we have Gimp for bitmap graphics, ...   Re: Re: What Applications???   
Mike Fedyk
May 7, 2004, 02:10:32
 
less than 5% of the desktop users out th ...   Wow! You just described   
Golden Shower
May 7, 2004, 04:01:43
 
That's exactly what's keeping me ...   Re: exactly...   
horne
May 7, 2004, 12:41:00
 
> What applications are you missing?  Yo ...   Re: What Applications???   
James E LaBarre
May 7, 2004, 14:06:10
 
CAD/CAM, Scientific and optical design/s ...   Re: Re: exactly...   
Mike
May 7, 2004, 16:51:32
 
I do agree, that LINUX does have quite a ...   Re: Wow! You just described   
Mike
May 7, 2004, 20:16:35
 
> But I still think the problem is that  ...   Re: Re: Wow! You just described   
Tony OBryan
May 7, 2004, 22:10:48
 
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