____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 17:49 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Just say yes to sharing computer power
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The operating system was not a problem. Even Windows could manage this,
>>| technically, though the licensing costs would destroy any savings. But any
>>| form of Unix (they are using the Ubuntu distribution of Linux) is a
>>| multi-user system out of the box - reliable, capable and with no licensing
>>| costs at all.
>> `----
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>>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/02/guardianweeklytechnologysection.it1
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> Yahoo! Everyone is recognising the issues - licensing costs!
>
> Linux is about freedom.
Yahoo! is not about freedom.
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Yahoo_is_Book_Burning_Linux_BSD_Open_Source
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