TOM Technology News September 30 (Beijing time October 1) According to market research companies, the latest research report on Ward Thursday, China shows that with the fine in 5 countries in the WINDOWS plan, Microsoft and Linux The desktop operating system war is inevitable. Moreover, Microsoft has firmly controlled the initiative to control in his own hands.
As Microsoft announced on September 29th, Microsoft Province will launch a streamlined Windows XP operating system in India in early 2005 - Windows XP Starter Edition. To soon, 5 countries in the Microsoft Low-priced Windows program have all debut, which are Asian Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Europe in Russia. Market Research Corporation Gartner believes that Microsoft's initiative marks the company's Windows operating system will have intense market competition in the above-mentioned emerging personal computer market and Linux operating system.
Gartner emphasizes that the current PC manufacturer sells pre-installed Linux operating systems in the above countries, nothing more than worry that Microsoft will increase the Windows operating system license fee in the above countries. Gartner believes that Microsoft launches low-cost Windows operating system in the above countries, mainly because Microsoft does not want to see new PCs in the above countries pre-installed the Linux operating system.
Gartner pointed out in the report that the five-thirds of the five-thirds of the above five countries are currently pre-installed with pirated Windows operating systems. Only this one can make the total cost of the PC by about 15%. Gartner believes that Microsoft has not realized that the number of desktops for pre-installed Linux operating systems is growing rapidly.
But the market analyst also pointed out that although the Linux operating system is free, in the current situation, the PC manufacturer is still unsatisfactory to pre-install Linux operating systems on the production of PCs. Gartner said in the report that the five aspects restrict the cost of the Linux operating system: First, the computer user transferred from the Windows operating system to the cost of the Linux operating system; second, collaboration with other users; third , The effectiveness of the driving; fourth, employees are reluctant to transfer from the Windows operating system to the Linux operating system; fifth, high training fees. Market analysts believe that only these costs are sharply cut, mainstream users may have a large-scale use of Linux operating systems.
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