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Re: [News] Taipet Times About GNU/Linux as Superior Desktop Experience

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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 20 July 2009 11:34 : \____

> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
>   this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>> Did Microsoft force Asus to ditch Linux?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The problem was that Asus had not only adopted Windows and jettisoned Linux
>>| (which I knew), but the computer didn???t even come with the free services
>>| that came with the US$199 model. I know there are millions who love
>>| Windows. That is their human right. But it fails completely ??? for me ???
>>| on usability.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/07/15/2003448667
> 
> 
>    I am told there is an impressive Web book running the Linux-based Ubuntu
>    in the pipeline. Microsoft has already disproved the axiom of the great
>    management guru Peter Drucker, who claimed that no non-governmental
>    monopoly had ever lasted more than 15 years. The prospect of serious
>    competition in operating systems can only be good not just for consumers
>    all over the world but for Microsoft as well. But whether it can be
>    dislodged from its entrenched position remains an open question.
> 
> Sick.

Wait for the results in a few days. Make popcorn.

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