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Linux vs. Windows

Posted by michael on from the preaching-to-the-choir dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Technology Review has a great article discussing how pretty, user-friendly Linux desktops, cheap machines sold at stores such as Wal-Mart, and the growth of useful free software like Open Office have made Linux a 'key business risk' for our friends in Redmond. The story notes that Linux's market share for desktop computers has already surpassed Apple's. Says the Open Source Initiative's Eric Raymond, 'The sinister plan for world domination is right on schedule.' All right!"

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  1. Re:Join the Revolution by venomkid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The revolution comes when the right people will profit from it. And not before.

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  2. Re:Join the Revolution by swordboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If only Walmart provided WinXP serialz...

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  3. Re:Lindows? by Temposs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How to make Windows XP go BSOD on you in 3 easy steps: 1) Download Cygwin, with wget installed 2) Download foobar2000 media player 3) Play music on foobar2000 and at the same time use wget to download a website with a fairly deep directory structure. And there you have it! In about 5 minutes you should have a pretty BSOD on WinXP! Don't know why it happens, but it's pretty consistent.

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