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Linux Going Mainstream

Posted by michael on 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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  1. another linux going mainstream news by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 1, Troll

    is it 1998?

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  2. Re:Linux going mainstream? by PFAK · · 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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    Free means no restrictions, ironic the FSF's GPL forces restrictions, isn't it? What's your definition of free?