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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. War is over? by sllort · · Score: 1, Troll

    Desktop computing? Don't they know? The war is over. Microsoft has won.

    Well, yes, but it's far more sudden than the author makes out. I think a lot of us believed that the Linux desktop could compete after Microsoft was broken up or destroyed for the monopoly that it is.

    Now that the government has surrendered, he has a good point.

  2. Re:Easy. by G27+Radio · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not to ruin the fun, but the poster goes by the name 'spacefem' which would lead me to believe the EE student is female as well. Still, you deserve the +2 funny anyway...