Linux Going Mainstream

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Posted by michael on Sunday February 1, 2004 @09:46AM from the oh-joy dept.

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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another linux going mainstream news by SpanishInquisition · 2004-02-01 09:47 · Score: 1, Troll

is it 1998?

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Re:Do your part! by Chess_the_cat · 2004-02-01 10:24 · Score: 0, Troll

...use live version to show friends and family what they are missing.
Yeah, things like confusing commands, impossible installs, inconsistent desktops, garish icons, crappy games, and late night phone calls to the local LUG who invariably answer "If you don't know how to do it then you're too stupid to use Linux." I'm sure your friends are scrambling to install Linux. Please.

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Re:Linux going mainstream? by PFAK · 2004-02-01 12:01 · Score: 1, Troll

"Linux is unique in that its code is open source,"

couldn't be more wrong.

This article also seems to have a somewhat limited notion of the definition of open source. Maybe someone has an article or somesuch that they could commend to the folks at the BBC? Additionally, the article appears to be about the same conference described in:

http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?stor y_ id=4368

at which it appears there was considerably FreeBSD interest.

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Re:Linux needs a lot more work... by ealar+dlanvuli · 2004-02-01 12:15 · Score: 0, Troll

How was this insightful?

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Re:PS2 by crayiii · 2004-02-01 13:16 · Score: 0, Troll

Oh now I get it! HA HA HA HA! Boy, you are a F U N N Y guy!!! Dummy