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Why I Think Open Source Will “Win” In The End
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| I will not go into my half remembered “horror stories” of my sessions with
| Closed Source technical support. I did not document those nor do I really
| want to recall them. I just remember a great deal of frustration dealing with
| Closed Source technical support when I knew the problem was their software.
| Sure, sometimes PEBKAC is true. But many times PEBKAC is used in “the
| industry” to explain away real problems with Closed Source software by
| support personnel. Getting an acknowledgment that a Closed Source software
| program has a real problem can be problematic to impossible for an end user.
| Certainly this could happen with Open Source projects as well. But to date I
| have never experienced a “brush off” from Open Source folk and I will be
| surprised when or if it does happen.
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http://blog.eracc.com/2009/01/16/why-i-think-open-source-will-win-in-the-end/
Jim Allchin has already admitted that Microsoft is losing to Linux. "I am
scared," he said.
Free Software Song Rocks!
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| I still find the Free Software Song inspiring in some way although I know it
| will never ever win a Grammy Award or whatever. So, I thought I would share
| this to all of you especially those who are starting to lose faith in free
| software. Also, to all FOSS developers and advocates who are looking for some
| motivation, perhaps this will help.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/01/free-software-song-rocks.html
Windows is fried; now it's time to beat Apple on the desktop. Linux is already
very big on everything but the desktop.
Recent:
Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
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| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
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