M$ published this data: last quarter client OS revenue is down 29% from a year ago.
IDC published this data: last quarter PC production down 3% from a year ago.
This proves 2009 is the year of GNU/Linux. M$ is finally having to compete on price. It has been a long time since they had to do that. M$ has had to cut the price of XP, folks are not buying licences to Vista and 7 is vapourware for months yet. Benchmarks show that XP is faater than 7 so M$ will have to pry XP from many cold, dead hands. Those who need support may well migrate to GNU/Linux. It may be a similar amount of pain but they can keep their hardware running and save a bundle on licensing. Business has shown a reluctance, well-founded, to adopting the next OS from M$ in its first year so 2010 will be another good year for GNU/Linux. Releasing early and often is a better plan for making migration painless.
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