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Why Linux is About to Lose

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dammit-now-i-gotta-reformat dept.

mpawlo writes "Wired ran an interesting piece by Russ Mitchell in the latest issue of the magazine. Mitchell focus on the so called war between Microsoft and Linux and why Linux will have a hard time winning such a war, and especially in respect of the desktops. The article was only available in the paper issue, but is now also available online."

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  1. Let me be the first to say... by Purple_Walrus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux is dying...

    Someone had to say it!:)

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  2. Re:Well, gee, did I miss a meeting or something? by nagora · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    The flaw in your argument is that MS thinks it's at war with linux and it makes no difference whether they told you or not: they are trying very hard to kill it.

    in the light of recent events, your inflation of a trend within the IT sector to the status of a war are laughable and tasteless.

    What I find tasteless is that something that happens frequently (5000+ people killed in a mass-murder) only matters to people like you when it happens in your country. If it happens anywhere else the only reason you hear or care about it is if Bruce Willis makes a movie about it, at which point it becomes entertainment.

    TWW

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  3. Re:Desktop shipments? Article disqualified. by __aaklbk2114 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    because she probably wanted to get actual work done! and for most sane users, looking up words in a book just because the apps on linux suck so bad.

    zealot IT support worker to employee: "ahhh, yeah sorry that your linux wp won't spell check. but micro$oft sucks and linux rulez, so um... just look it up in a dictionary."

    yeah, that's the ticket--let's just cause more grief to end users since linux don't work to well for the desktop. but at least the zealots feel like they are cool and "beating the system" by forcing a inconvenient solution on real workers.

    sheesh, get a clue.