| Red Hat hears desktop Linux calling [CNET] |
Jun. 24, 2002
Stephen Shankland reports on Red Hat's desktop Linux strategy for CNET . . .
" . . . Breaking into the desktop market will be tough. Although Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft isn't dominant in servers, it has 94 percent of the market for operating systems that run on 'clients' such as desktop and laptop computers. Linux claims only 3.8 percent of that market, said IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky . . . "
" . . . Szulik is aware of Microsoft's dominance. 'You've got to solve the .doc problem first,' he said, referring to the file format used by Microsoft Word but not shared by Microsoft. 'There are an awful lot of people who have become very familiar with the Microsoft desktop' . . . "
" . . . Compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats is a big problem. Microsoft Office has about 92 percent of the market for packages of programs such as word processors and spreadsheets, Kusnetzky said . . . "
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