Opinion: Mixing open- and closed-source, managing risk
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| Meanwhile, work called, and the philosophical aspects of this logic puzzle
| fell by the wayside. The path of least resistance was to blow off some of the
| dust in the Ubuntu partition, catch up with updates I'd deferred and get on
| with my life. Within a week, I decided to make it permanent: I'm done with
| Windows as a base operating system.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=spam__malware_and_vulnerabilities&articleId=9053453&taxonomyId=85&intsrc=kc_feat
http://tinyurl.com/3djz9f
It all started with a dual-boot setup. That's how many defections begin.
[Sarcastic:] Thankfully Windows Comes Pre-Installed
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| Just last week I was talking to my therapist and she told me “anger won't
| change things, you have to change your attitude towards things”. As I was
| thinking of this I had an epiphany: thank god Windows comes pre-installed,
| cuz if it didn't there'd be a lot of really, Really, REALLY ANGRY people out
| there, and I for one wouldn't want to be responsible for the carnage that
| would ensue!
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005925
Related:
Linux Says Bye-bye Windows XP!
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| It's been one of those months! My computer crashed taking with it crucial
| XP system files. This is the 3rd crash in the last year and I've finally
| had enough with the Windows operating system!
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http://www.richtam123.com/wp/?p=20
Windows Vista, The best thing that ever happened to Linux?
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| Millions of these units have been ordered by Countries such as
| Nigeria and Libya and pretty soon there will be millions of
| children around the world with Linux as their first operating
| system.
|
| In stark contrast Microsoft have just released Windows Vista,
| probably the most resource hungry Operating System ever, for
| the PC platform.
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http://www.otezz.net/windows-vista-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-linux/
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
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| Despite the heightened competition over the last two quarters from
| Microsoft-Novell and a move by Oracle to undercut Red Hat on the cost of Red
| Hat Linux support service, Red Hat has reported double-digit growth in
| revenue and an increase in profit.
|
| “The success of Red Hat has been able to validate the future potential for
| open source software,” Szulik says.
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| Emerging countries are also lucrative markets for Linux, says IDC’s Gillen,
| because there isn’t as much of the legacy Windows technology to have to
| displace.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072507-linux-microsoft-gains.html?page=3
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