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Countries Ponder: GNU/Linux vs. Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-mean-this-stuff-is-free dept.

koody writes: "IDG has an overview of how many countries are getting drawn into the debate over the relative merits of using open source software rather than Microsoft Corp.'s Windows applications. Seems like many countries would be slowly moving towards the open source community, while a few still pledge allegiance to Microsoft."

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  1. Re:Mozilla 1.0 Turns the Tide by Titusdot+Groan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Again my kids, neighbours and my mom are not going to have a lot of luck with vi and/or configuration scripts.

    Your definition of reliable includes the cavet "if administered by a Linux geek who knows that the tools included are broken and just uses vi".

    For the purposes of this discussion, recommendations to naive users, needing to have a Linux guy around for maintenance means it's unreliable.