__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 23 July 2006 07:11 \__
>> I couldn't find the other Linux praise in Encarta -- one that was
>> mentioned before.
Oops. Typo fixed.
> Maybe it's been removed.
Well, I did a quick search on the Web, as well as COLA (Google Groups). Let
me try again...
*Aha*! Found what I was looking for.
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| In June 2003 a widely distributed memo written by Microsoft chief
| executive officer Steve Ballmer acknowledged that Linux was a growing
| threat to Microsoft's business. The memo said that an estimated 500,000
| of the approximately 1 million UNIX-operated servers in the United
| States were considered candidates for migration to Linux. Linux was
| also being adopted in some businesses and government offices where
| personal computers (PCs) were networked. According to a December 2004
| study from market research firm IDC, the Linux market--including PCs,
| servers, and software--was expected to grow by 26 percent over the next
| five years, reaching $35.7 billion in sales.
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http://encarta.
msn.com/encyclopedia_701610451/Open_Source_Software.html (remove newline)
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