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Eric Raymond: Why Open Source will Rule

Posted by michael on from the one-pundit-to-rule-them-all dept.

DNapalm writes "A very interesting two part interview with Raymond from ZDNet, talking about the success of open source and Linux on the desktop, among other things. Check out Part I and Part II (I liked part II)." Raymond also asserts that Microsoft could have killed Linux if only they'd started a little earlier.

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  1. Re:Not in the world of science it won't by gilroy · · Score: 4, Informative
    Blockquoth the poster:

    non-standard packages like LaTeX and gnuplot

    Well, another one zapped by the Microsoft machine. In their context, LaTeX and gnuplot are the standard. Ever wonder why the Los Alomos preprint server offers the papers in that format?
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