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Is Linux Dead?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dead-as-a-fox-baby dept.

TunkeyMicket writes "It appears MSNBC is reporting that Linux has failed as an operating system. By citing the large Linux hype as reason for Linux to be dominating the market, they draw the conclusion that the "open source" alternative has flopped as an operating system. They briefly mention the success of Linux in the server community, but really the article gives Linux as little credit as possible."

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  1. Oh great! by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where am I gonna find a penguin shaped coffin?

  2. Ooooohh by yatest5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    MSNBC says 'Linux is dead'
    /. says 'Linux r00l5'.

    An exciting discussion to follow, I'm sure... ;-)

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  3. In another article.... by Asikaa · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...MSNBC also stated that Microsoft is actually a charity set up by Mother Teresa just before her death, Windows is more robust than UNIX and Bill Gates is the Messiah.

    Sheesh.

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  4. A new slogan for Linux by UncleAlias · · Score: 5, Funny

    Modeled after Apple's "Proudly going out of business for twenty-five years now.", I give you: "Almost dead for ten years now."

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  5. Failed? by sporty · · Score: 5, Funny

    If linux has failed, you should prolly reboot and send any information on what processes were running, what your compile options and all to linus@linux.org

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  6. MICROSOFT DECLARES FOES DEFEATED by soybean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you hear the news? We've been defeated. Dang, I thought we were doing just fine. Well, I'm glad that I found out now and not years from now. I guess I can go back to my day job.

  7. Linux is dead? by Cutriss · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been reading Slashdot for a while...this whole time, I thought it was *BSD that was dying...

    Or so many people at -1 keep saying, anyhow... :)

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  8. In other unbiased news... by GeekWithGuns · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other unbiased news ORCL-CBS has declared MSSQL untrustworthy, NOVEL-ABC has declared Windows 2000 server unstable, and LNX-FOX declared that Windows has no future on the desktop.

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  9. Re:ooh, gotta reformat this thing now! by alfredo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh no! I have Linux on my Mac!. Where do I go from here?? I'm so scared. mommy?

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  10. Very bad for Micro$oft by IXI · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... their OS is outperformed even by a DEAD Linux ;)

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  11. Other great slashdot headline by hymie3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Linux dead?
    Is OpenSource better?
    Natalie Portman: Hot or Not?
    Cowboy Neal?

  12. Re:Dead? by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 3, Funny

    And in other news, Larry Ellison is a poopyface and Bill Gates's dad can beat up Linus Torvalds's dad.

  13. Re:oh yeah right... by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh come on now, we all knew from the beginning that this open source thing wasn't going to fly.

  14. Re:Did anybody actually READ the article? by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep...

    Everybody except CmdrTaco.

  15. Obligatory Reference by bludstone · · Score: 4, Funny


    [Linux] Im not dead yet! Im getting Better! I feel fine! I think Ill go for a walk! I feel happy! I feel Happy! I feel Hap~*thunk*

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  16. TELNET by oliverthered · · Score: 3, Funny

    well i though BSD was dead, but i managed to telnet in an kill the process holding evrything up.

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  17. Re:Wanted: moderation for the articles by Rocketboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's called Kuro5hin .

  18. Imagine that! by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's dead, and it still runs!.

    Now that it's dead, they have no hope of killing it off - sort of a "dawn of the dead" scenario. Linux, the ghoul os. You might kill it, but it keeps coming back, like Jason in Friday the 13th.

    It's dead, and it still works - didn't even miss a beat. Beat that, MSNBullshit!

  19. Re:Not quite by William+Tanksley · · Score: 3, Funny

    I suspect you're totally missing his point (I may be wrong). He's saying that unified usability is more important than configurability; you're saying that configurability can't be made simple.

    You may be right; my experience agrees with you. But that doesn't address his claim, that configurability should take a backseat to unified usability.

    Is he right? I'd say that he is. Yes, I want all our stuff to remain configurable; however, more and more that configurability should focus to a point. When I change the way the help system works, ALL the help facilities should change (except the ones I ask to not change, of course -- and those shouldn't just be the ones the author happened to use the wrong help viewer on).

    A Windows user doesn't have to configure, and doesn't have a huge amount of choice; but the choices he does have apply pretty consistently throughout the system. Well, at least that's the goal ;-). We can do better; we can become consistent while remaining configurable.

    -Billy (who keeps mistyping 'usability' as 'suability')

  20. wait wait wait by msouth · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought I was BSD that was dead.

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