Linux is becoming a credible threat to Windows on the desktop, and will grow over the next year as its distributors continue to work hard at making it an enterprise-class offering, research group Forrester predicts.
"Will desktop managers continue down the path of standardization on the Windows platform, and will Linux not exist on enterprise desktops? Not a chance," Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray says in a report released Nov. 12 and titled, "How Windows Vista Will Shake Up The State Of The Enterprise Operating System."
"The high volume of client inquiries for Linux on the desktop clearly indicates it's not going away any time soon. Expect Linux to experience growth over the next year as the distributors work hard to make it an enterprise-class offering,"
But Windows Vista will be deployed across at least one-quarter of PCs in North American and European enterprises next year as desktop managers start moving away from the Windows XP platform, which will still run the majority of PCs within corporate environments, Gray predicts.
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