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New York Times Staff Editorial Promoting Linux

Posted by chrisd on from the welcome-to-the-party dept.

cotyledon writes "Today's New York Times editorial (Free Blah-Di-Blah) describes Linux as good for consumers and good for programmers. It recommends "Government units abroad and in the United States and individual computer users should look for ways to support Linux and Linux-based products. The competition it offers helps everyone." This is the paper's opinion, btw, and not a guest columnist."

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  1. Testimonials by serps · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see the testimonials popping up on distro sites...

    "The competition it offers helps everyone" - New York Times (registration required)

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  2. Ah, good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the paper's opinion, btw, and not a guest columnist.

    So when did the paper itself become self aware?

  3. In that case, NYT.com should do browser detection. by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you have Opera, Konqueror, or Mozilla, you shouldn't have to register. If you have IE, make you register. If you have AOL, make you wait five minutes while they 'download new artwork.'

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