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Poll: More Will Switch to Linux Than to Win8

posted by janrinok on Sunday April 06 2014, @08:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-not-the-year-of-the-Linux-desktop dept.

gewg_ writes:

A recent poll by The Inquirer asked, "Which operating system will you use after Windows XP support ends on 8 April?"

Among respondents, 33 percent said they will move to Windows 7, 17 percent will stick with XP, 13 percent will switch to Linux, 11 percent will get Windows 8, and 5 percent said OS X.

So most will switch to Windows 7, but many would rather stay with Win XP without support than switch to Linux.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @12:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 07 2014, @12:34AM (#27223)

    you receive your license and operating system when you purchase your device
    That hasn't been true for me since 1992 (DOS 5.0).
    Since my first box, I've picked up used gear and flogged it till it drops dead.
    Gratis and libre software has been a godsend for me.

    People will go out of their way to get Windows 7 installed
    Not interested. My apps don't require a EULAware OS.
    There are hundreds of millions like me.

    versus 8.1
    Not even at gunpoint.

    -- gewg_