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Article from the Wall Street Journal (requires subscription) Linux Starts to Find Home on Desktops More Businesses Adopt Cost-Saving Software For Some Workers' PCs By ROBERT A. GUTH March 13, 2007; Page B3 The Linux operating system, having made inroads into corporations' backroom server computers, is showing hints of inching into a much broader market: employees' personal computers. The much-hyped notion that Linux would be viable software to run desktop and notebook PCs seemed dead on arrival a few years ago. But the idea is showing some new vital signs. Chief information officers have experienced the cost savings that Linux has brought to their server computers, which do narrow and repetitive tasks such as data storage and serving up Web sites. Now some CIOs are taking new interest in installing Linux on workers' PCs as well, for certain narrow applications....... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117374336173334742.html?mod=djemEMU for full article -- Henry Tue Mar 13 10:41:48 GMT 2007
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