Taken from Companies Snub Linux Desktops (Techweb) - 10th Aug
"Linux desktops, which seemed to hold some promise a few years ago, have failed to capture the hearts or pocketbooks of corporations, a market research firm said Wednesday. ....
... Companies found they couldn't run all their desktop software on Linux, and the open-source office products couldn't meet the needs of all workers. As a result, companies would have had to manage and maintain both Windows and Linux desktops, which would have been too expensive.
"Organizations decided they wanted to stay on a single platform for everyone..."
If my memory did not fail me, I recalled reading about a major telco in AU trying to adopt a linux desktop strategy. Months after much publicity, there was hardly any news about it. Since then, the CEO has left the organisation ...
Sidenote: Each weekend, I like to adopt a music theme for my weekend listening. Last week was all Aussie content weekend. So I had been listening to lots of ABC Classic, Nova 100 and ABC News. This week is All-American weekend. So Im gonna be listening to lots of Gershwin and jazz.