Dell is in the business of selling PCs and servers. If they write, “Emerging Markets are Embracing Linux

Although the United States continues to play a very influential role in the evolution of Linux, it is other countries and regions that are driving real Linux growth and adoption. China, India, Brazil, Germany, France, and Italy are but a few of the countries adopting Linux at triple-digit growth rates. Linux’s low Total Cost of Ownership and outstanding reliability continue to be major driving forces.”, I expect they know what’s going on and are working to supply GNU/Linux wherever they can.

According to NetApplications GNU/Linux in those countries is like this:

If so, “triple-digit” growth means that other OS will likely lose 2-3% of its share annually. It’s all good. From Dell’s perspective if a few percent share is worth providing, in a year or two it will be essential for all OEMs to provide GNU/Linux more widely.

That’s what someone’s Dad said when faced with “8″… “There’s nothing intuitive about it… How in the world will I get to my programmes?”

Chuckle. I am sure the trolls who visit my blog will say that consumers are demanding “8″ but I don’t see it in this example. I don’t know anyone who uses XP that wanted to migrate to Vista or “7″ let alone “8″. This is not going to fly in the market. GNU/Linux is a better option.

Next Tuesday, M$ will issue a patch at 1pm ET which will affect all versions of that other OS from XP to “7″, clients and servers. That’s the holy grail of malware artists. They can set loose on LANs and networks everywhere malware that can plague hundreds of millions of unpatched PCs for hours, days, weeks, months and probably years to come.

see Microsoft to patch Windows bug called ‘Holy Grail’ by one researcher

1pm ET is the middle of the workday in USA, home of M$. I guess that’s M$’s way of saying, “Thanks, suckers!” to all those who use their software. For the hour or so it takes the malware artists to reverse-engineer the patches, the malware artists will have free rein over most of IT in the world.