LMAO, wanna bet?
Vista has already lost at my company.
"Windows Vista vs. Linux"
Vista is figthing with Linux?
Who knew?
Where's the tickets at? :)
The fact is that Vista will be an utter flop and Linux is at worst going to hold steady (if not going to gain)--and all the cards on the table show this.
Especially so among the computer savvy and in IT departments, as companies try to find ways to cut costs.
Personally, I don't think Vista's going to be taken too well by the public and will exist only on new computers manufactured after its release.
IOW--not many people are going to have a reason to swap out XP for Vista.
Vista isn't going to be the revolutionary jump (like from 3.1x to Win95; 98SE & ME to 2k and XP) that Microsoft thinks it is.
From what I've seen, it's just an updated XP with puffed-up eye candy--so if anything, I'll wait until a.) I get a new computer that has Vista already installed, or b.) wait and see what Vienna is going to offer.
In any case though, I'd be willing to bet that Windows alternatives will see gains--and especially if Apple cuts the prices of some of their computers and/or releases a plain x86 version of Leopard. Linux and other *nix-like OSs will see a boom among savvy users and IT pros.
And MS will have egg on its face...again. Much like it did after releasing Windows ME.