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The Economist on The Rise of Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bandwagon-still-rolling dept.

nickco3 writes "The Economist is telling the business world that Linux is a worthy adversay to Windows and Unix. It is free, runs on almost any hardware, and generally more secure than Windows As result it is dividing the industry into winners that offer Linux (e.g. IBM and HP), and losers that don't, (e.g. Microsoft). Sun is probably doomed."

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  1. Re:as much as i like the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Things Microsoft has done right:

    Customer lock-in.

    If by async io you mean multi-threading then that is laughable because it is one of the primary reasons Windows is so unstable...

  2. Denying the Truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is anyone else angered by this statement "...Linux, the free, open-source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish programmer, and a team of enthusiasts."

    Once again the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, and the fact that it is a GNU Operating System running on a Linux kernel is totally overlooked.

    I'm really not trying to say everyone should pronounce it "GNU/Linux." More importantly, we once again see another establishment expose' by 'The Man' which totally overlooks the free-associations of individuals which make GNU/Linux feasible. I think the economist can't admit that people can operate for something good outside of the corporate framework. To me, the open source community is a reflection of exactly what it means to be human. I guess the economist doesn't see it like I do.

    Sure free software has its heros, but just like anything else, its the people that make it happen.