Chris Howard over at Apple Matters posits that Apple is killing Linux on the desktop. According to Chris, “Not that long ago there was almost a consensus that Linux would soon over take Apple. Several commentators suggested a few years ago that Apple’s biggest threat was not Microsoft, but Linux. Apple has taken care of that threat!”
I don’t know the answer in any authoritative fashion, but in my limited experience, I have seen people fed up with MS moving to Mac, not Linux. My most die-hard linux using team mate gave up on it for work a few weeks ago and does everything from his Mac now. Me personally, I run linux and xp side by side so that when I don’t have time to fight with Fedora, I can just get it done on windows and then switch back. This isn’t always the fault of Linux, but it’s the reality I have to deal with. I don’t know if it would be any better with Mac as I’ve never used on for work. Shoot, the last apple pc I used on a regular basis was a IIe.
