source: <a href=http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020469,39118695,00.htm>2004: The year of desktop Linux?</a> talks about how the initial excitement of using Linux as an alternative to Windows has died down with desktop consumers, but in recent months has seen activity in the corporate market making committments to Linux desktops. The trend is likely to continue in 2004: <i>it’s become possible to find actual significant examples of companies and government bodies that have chosen to switch desktops from Windows to Linux, and the operating system is making a small but perceptible impact on desktop OS market share. IDC says Linux’s desktop market share has nearly doubled in the past three years, from 1.5 percent at the end of 2000 to 2.8 percent now. Linux is poised to surpass Apple’s 2.9 percent of the market, as projected a year ago. </i> Poised to surpass Apple? Really? Wow.