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Linux Going Mainstream

Gossi writes "The BBC is carrying an excellent overview of the growing use of Linux, by many different fields. The article says it all, really, and is probably something you should show your Boss."

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  1. Which is better: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a) Linux going mainstream

    OR...

    b) Sex with a mare?

  2. Nevermore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before. Then the bird said, 'Batman touched my junk liberally'

  3. Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Re:I Thought It Went Mainstream Like 3 years ago? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pray tell, how exactly does one buy Linux?

  5. it must be a lie - the BBC said it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And Hutton proved the government was right to call them liars.
    I trust Blair - dont you?

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  7. I trust Blair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I trust Blair. He had the courage to say what exactly what was happening in Iraq, and had the courage to take the correct steps to solve the problem. He got a lot of grief from Saddam Hussein and his servants the French.

  8. SUPABOWL!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you America for SUPABOWL!

    I've never watched american football, but I believe it's gonna be great. It is aired here in the north pole and they will explain the rules before it starts! I've got loads of food and drinks ready for this happening. Feels like the whole world is watching.

    I don't know about the teams, but I chose New England Patriots as my favourite team. Let them win!

  9. New England Patriouts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't know about the teams, but I chose New England Patriots as my favourite team. Let them win!

    If you are going to misspell words like "Favorite" by adding a U where none exists, you might as well add other extraneous U's near O's.

    "Gou Patriouts! You are the favourite!"

  10. This totally cracked me up! by Snebjorn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the very first paragraph I read "IBM, for one, is..." - and found myself ROFL! :-)

    Snebjorn

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  11. All your distributions belong to us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goatsex its terrific

  12. OT, but..... by Eradicator2k3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Couldn't help noticing the OSDN "Dating Service" banner at the top of the page. So what's it going to be then "Girls for Nerds. Boobs that Matter?"

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  13. Re:Mainstream, maybe, but not at my home.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, lots of people roll their eyes when they see someone refer to Microsoft as 'M$' or Windows as 'WinBlowz' or something like that. Some people might even go as far as to flame you for it. Personally, I'm all in favour of it! Nothing makes me happier when I see someone make fun of Microsoft in that way! You know why? Because the quicker I see 'M$' or 'WinDOS' in a comment, the quicker I can disregard everything you've wrote, scroll past your post and add you to my 'retarded peon' list, never to take anything you say seriously ever again, even if its something completely unrelated. So, in the future, please try and work your tired shots at microsoft in toward the beginning of your posts. Thanks!!

  14. Re:Linux going mainstream? by Winkhorst · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "what's a good obscure OS?"

    TRON, babes. It runs the Seawolf arms system and it's on all those little Toyotas coming out of Japan. And it's open source. And it is, in fact, the most widely used OS in the world.

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    "Is this Winkhorst a nova criminal?" "No just a technical sergeant wanted for interrogation."
  15. Re:Real world vs. fanboy fantasies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    mikey is teh seXXX0r!

    take's a lickin', but keeps on trollin'!

    d00d, would you open-source my back end?!?!?

    HAW HAW!!!

  16. World Domination, the Open and Free way by ComputatusMaximus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This is the next step in the World Domination of Open Source/Free Software that we've been talking about for years.

    The good news is this is the kind of World Domination that isn't bad.

    Nothing to see, move along.

  17. Re:Linux going mainstream? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am switching to the FREE DOS that comes with dell now.

    HA! You people and your bloated multi-tasking operating systems! Linux 2.6's scheduler is O(1)? Well mine is O(0)!