Novell: Vista's price will drive Linux desktop sales

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Novell: Vista's price will drive Linux desktop sales

11:31 - Tuesday 13 September 2005 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: novell, vistas, price, will, drive, linux, desktop, sales Category : Miscellaneous

On Monday, Novell CEO Jack Messman looked at the challenge of Microsoft’s forthcoming Vista desktop and saw an opportunity for the Linux desktop. Speaking at Novell’s BrainShare conference and expo in Barcelona, Spain, Messman said, "The cost of migrating from XP to Vista will be higher than the cost of migrating to Linux and that will push migrations to Linux."

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