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Why Use Linux?
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| 'I Would Pay for Linux'
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| "I use Linux first and foremost because it's Unix, and I've been a big fan of
| the Unix paradigm for 20+ years," Slashdot blogger yagu told
| LinuxInsider. "With GNU software, Linux is better than industrial (HP, Sun,
| et al.) Unix because it leverages the best extensions of familiar commands,
| making them friendlier (color syntax for the ls command) and more powerful
| (too many to mention in awk/gawk)."
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/web20/66546.html
Moving to Linux: slow-go or rip-and-replace?
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| My move from the Microsoft world to the GNU-Linux world was motivated by a
| fear of viruses. In the year 2000, I was hearing a lot of talk among my
| friends and colleagues about the slew of viruses that they were encountering.
| I was hearing horror stories about long waits for technicians to arrive; long
| waits on hold with Microsoft support; lost documents; and lots of downtime. I
| bumped into a computer systems administrator from another law firm on my
| floor who recommended that I might want to consider using Linux as an
| alternative to Microsoft Windows.
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| This systems administrator and I became friends and discussed Free Open
| Source Software over innumerable lunches and elevator rides. I began warming
| to the idea of not having to pay for anti-virus software or forced upgrade
| marches for software and hardware to accommodate what I saw as an arms race
| in computer hardware and software. I had come to distrust computer software
| salespersons, because I found that they often left out and misrepresented
| hidden costs of the software.
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http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/moving-to-linux-slow-go-or-rip-and-replace.html
Related:
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
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