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Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs: Dec 15, 2007 10:35am 6 reviews •http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS24...; Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
in DesktopLinux by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

In the next few quarters, low-end Linux-based PCs are going to quickly take over the bottom rung of computing. Then, as businesses continue to get comfortable with SAAS (software as a service) and open-source software, the price benefits will start leading them toward switching to the new Linux/SAAS office model.

You'll see this really kick into gear once Vista Service Pack 1 appears and business customers start seriously looking at what it will cost to migrate to Vista. That Tiffany-level price tag will make all but the most Microsoft-centric businesses start considering the Linux/SAAS alternative.

Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to. Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice of the desktop market pie.

Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs

Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor sold at Walmart for $ 199.

Did you notice how the SAAS initiative is coming not from the US but from the EU?

Microsoft's last decade costly monopoly on software seems to come to an end. The cost structure of Linux + SAAS is so advantageous that it simply can't be missed by individuals and small companies and Microsoft has no way of answering that challenge with its bulky and costly products.