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Linux advocates hoping to convert Windows users to the open source operating system are more likely to succeed with technophobes and very inexperienced computer users than with Windows power users.
IBM and Novell's inking of contracts to formally become members of the NSW government's Linux and open source panel should finally start delivering some real competition in state procurement.
The hardware maker is now offering Mandrake Linux as an option on its business desktops, creating a new opportunity for the open-source operating system.
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