could it finally be

Year of Linux on the Windows desktop? Sorry, just couldn't refrain :/

On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 10:40:10 +1300, I wrote:
... the year of the desktop?
Soon it might only be Lenovo standing <http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/lenovo-in-talks-to-buy-fujitsus-loss-making-pc-business/>.

... the year of the desktop?
Soon it might only be Lenovo standing <http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/lenovo-in-talks-to-buy-fujitsus-loss-making-pc-business/>.
Boy, that's some "consolidation" happening at the moment... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 11:04:53 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
Boy, that's some "consolidation" happening at the moment...
Gartner is forecasting annual “traditional” PC sales to drop below 200 million by 2018 <http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2016/10/06/fujitsu_in_talks_to_bale_from_pc_market_lenovo_one_of_the_suitors/>. Considering they peaked at about 360 million not too many years ago, doesn’t look like it’ll be long before they reach just half that level...
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Ian Young
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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Peter Reutemann