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Ease of installation sure is not an arguement in favor of windows anymore. Wether Linux can take over the desktop market or not will is questionable. Linux itself will certainly be good enough. But will the support be there? If hardware manufacturers only make drivers for windows it could be a hurdle. Also how well will wine do. If wine can continue to improve, people who use the computer mainly for games and music and stuff will switch. But windows has great marketing, and Linux does not. When people buy computers, they usually don't think much about what OS they want. They use whats on the computer when they buy it. That or they choose whatever OS has the best commercials, and other advertizements. And that is windows, and may always be windows. MS will not let the OEMs put anything else on the computers they sell. If they do, MS will penalize them heavily. The settlement between M$ and the DOJ allows them to continue to do this. And because of that, windows will likely remain #1, at least in America.
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