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OSDL Unveils Desktop Linux Working Group: Page 2 of 2

While Microsoft's Windows and Office desktop duo still holds more than 95 percent share of the desktop market, several government agencies and some corporate customers in the United States, Europe, Japan and China are looking at Linux as a desktop alternative, the OSDL claims.

While some scoff at Linux's chances of competing with Microsoft on the desktop, at least one analyst was upbeat that desktop usage models would help drive use.

"IDC is seeing increasing interest in Linux as a client operating environment," said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of IDC's System Software research group, in a statement issued with the news of the OSDL desktop initiiative. "IDC believes that common templates and frameworks, allowing all suppliers to develop compatible products, would accelerate the adoption cycle for Linux as a client operating environment."