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Servers with a Smile

Posted by michael on from the would-you-like-fries-with-that dept.

9jack9 writes "Fortune Magazine has this article entitled Servers with a Smile. While they probably get almost as much wrong as they get right, it's still an interesting article, if for no other reason than it's in Fortune, with a readership undoubtedly consisting of people more focused on business than technology. To me the strange thing is that in portions of the computing world Linux and related phenomena (GNU/Linux, OSS, etc) does seem to be "the hottest thing", but in other parts of the computing world it is all but invisible. It reminds me of NT in the early days. There is also a related article Does Software Yearn to be Free?."

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  1. It's not GNU/Linux by duffbeer703 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That obnoxious FAQ written by RMS even admits that the FSF has no legal or ethical reason to demand that "Linux" be called "GNU/Linux".

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  2. In case this isnt true i have the solution. by miffo.swe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.factmonster.com/spot/penguinsweater.htm l

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  3. Awww man by Daath · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I couldn't make sense of the damn article, until I re-read the headline - "Servers with a smile" - not Sewers with a smile - phew!

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