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Opinion: Year of the penguin
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| It’s taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create
| the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally
| flourish.
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http://www.crn.com.au/News/80031,opinion-year-of-the-penguin.aspx
Days ago:
Ubuntu Linux goes retail
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| Steve George, director of corporate services for Canonical, announced on a
| blog that Canonical along with ValuSoft, a U.S. retail software distributor,
| have paired together to get a boxed version of Ubuntu 8.04 into Best Buy
| retail stores. The retail box contains a "Ubuntu 8.04 CD, a Quick Start Guide
| and 60 days of support from the ValuSoft team, trained and backed by the
| Canonical support guys. The support covers installation and getting started
| using Ubuntu and is priced at $19.99."
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_linux_goes_retail
Recent:
Progress drives Linux, greed drives Windows Vista
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| Furthermore, Microsoft explains that “commercial software developers limit
| access to source code in order to protect their intellectual property
| investment.”
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2008/01/29/progress-drives-linux-greed-drives-windows-vista/
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