News Story Will Windows 7 Promote Linux Adoption?

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 08:48

I've done a bit of research on Windows 7 Enterprise to discover some of its new features and to uncover its secrets.

From what I've seen so far, Microsoft has provided some interesting Linux-esque features that might accidentally boost Linux adoption as a side effect.

The two primary features to which I refer are 7's ability to natively use virtual hard disks (VHDs) and the easy to add on UNIX-compatibility services and applications.

Once Windows 7 users...


 

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