Taking the Linux Plunge

This was definitely a thought provoking line of thought as there are still so many others that are just now migrating to a stronger OS. Linux does offer a nice option here

When Microsoft announced the end of support for Windows 98 and Millennium Edition on June 30th, there was a lot of talk of these users migrating over to Linux Desktops. According to OneStat.com, this is approximately 4% of the total PCs in the world. With Linux clocking in at only 0.4%, this means for every ten PCs, only one has Linux installed compared to these two Microsoft OS’s that are no longer supported. Take into account Windows XP and 2000, out of one hundred PCs, ninety-three will be on Microsoft Supported OS’s, four will have Microsoft Non-Supported OS’s, two running Apple OS X and only one possibly on Linux. That leaves a lot of room for market share penetration that someone really could, and probably should for these users’ sake, take advantage of.
In the few weeks since this announcement from Microsoft, there is a very noticeable increase of activity on community boards and web blogs for what Linux enthusiast generally refer to as Newbies, or new comers to the Linux world, asking questions about switching over to Linux, and how would they support their new systems. Now I wouldn’t say that the 4% is rushing over to the land of Tux, but slowly these people are looking for something that will work on their older hardware and not require them to replace the system in order to be supported…. Source: LinuxForums