| Intel on Desktop Linux demand |
Apr. 14, 2003
In his most recent SuitWatch column at Linux Journal, Doc Searls examines the demand for Desktop Linux -- according to Intel President and COO Paul Otellini.
On the hot seat at PC Forum, Otellini fielded questions about the availability of Centrino drivers for Linux. What followed was an exchange that included Intel's impressions market. Said Otellini "What I see about demand is different than what you're hearing. I don't see anything driving, at least IT shops, to bring in Linux on the desktop."
Doc's view? Intel's "growth-oriented values are utterly at odds with the resource-oriented values of Linux users and of Intel's biggest corporate customers. Big companies have no vested interest in chasing Moore's Law forever. At some point, fast enough becomes good enough . . .At some point customers say "more = less", take their foot off the upgrade gas pedal and hit the brakes."
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