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The Diffusion and Adoption of Desktop Linux in Government

Overview Linux and the Open Source Software movement have affected worldwide computing - first in the data center and now moving in on the desktop. Even though Microsoft Windows is the de facto desktop and office automation standard worldwide, more and more countries and their governments are looking to desktop Linux as an alternative. In the United States, the adoption and diffusion of desktop Linux is the lowest of the other world's countries; however, federal, state and local governments in the US are adopting desktop Linux much more than in the private sector. If government adopts desktop Linux, it can have an escalating effect on adoption in the private sector.

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Publisher	East Carolina University	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2006
Format	White Papers
Topics	Linux - Open Source, Linux Server OS

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