[Halfmanhalfamazing]

"There are things that Microsoft does well in terms of promoting Windows, providing legal protection and standardising Windows. The things that Microsoft does well are things we need to do well - to promote, protect and standardise Linux."

Linux is already popular in data centres and other commercial applications, where the annual sales of Linux-related hardware, software and services is more than 14.5 billion dollars, according to estimates by IDC, a research firm. But Linux has never penetrated to personal computers where Windows still dominates 90 per cent of the market.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Now that Photoshop CS2 works on Linux, there's only one app left, Flash MX, that I need in order to switch to Linux for good. I suspect that this will be coming soon, since Adobe appears to be seeing the light with regards to Linux.

For me, Linux is the only choice, since I refuse to do the designer hardware thing and go Apple. If they'd release OSX for use on a PC though, I'd switch in a second.

[JRios1968]

Pre-emptive ping...

[randog]

The company I work for has a flagship product running AIX. Our keyboard jockeys are busy porting our code over to Linux in anticipation of IBM's switch to that OS.

[AntiKev]

The major thing about Vista that scares me is the blatant abuse of the user in its implementation of copyright protection. There is a long paper floating about on the internet about all the ways that Vista can screw you if you're trying to play protected content. It is bloatware to the nth degree.