My Network World blogging colleague Ron Barrett has whooped up a firestorm with his blog post "Why
Windows 7 will crush Linux". I have to say he's one brave soul for taking on the open source and Linux crowd. They're a passionate and vocal bunch, and the only thing higher on their "most-wanted list" than George Bush is Microsoft. Ron seems to weathering it well, though, so more power to him for saying what he believes.
In the interest of being fair and balanced, I'm respectfully taking the other viewpoint -- that Linux won't get crushed by Windows 7. We could do a feature-by-feature comparison of the two operating systems, but I believe there are more fundamental, systemic reasons Linux isn't going away anytime soon. Matter of fact, many of them are the exact reasons open source and Linux have become such a dominant force in software. That's not to say I think Windows 7 will be a failure, either. I believe Windows 7 is going to be a very big success -- on the desktop.
To learn more and to read the entire article at its source, please refer to the following page, Why Windows 7 will never kill off Linux | NetworkWorld.com Community
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