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Does Open Source Software Really Work?

Posted by Hemos on from the gotta-make-it-work dept.

reflexreaction writes "This article on NewsFactor does a decent job of covering some of the issues facing Open Source Software (OSS). It points to Linux's growth area, non-mission critical projects in mid-sized companies, and its main weakness, the desktop. It also briefly discusses Linux's potential growth into mission critical applications if scalability issues are addressed. Quick easy read. My favorite quote from the article "Linux on the desktop is toast.""

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  1. yet another pundit by maxpublic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yet another pundit being pundit-like. It's rather clear from the article that the author walked in heavily biased towards Microsoft products and had already come to his conclusions prior to any actual testing. Do these guys get free blow jobs every time they do an MS PR piece?

    Max

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