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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. Really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    neat!

  2. ESR. please shut up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously, why do people even care what this douchebag has to say anymore? He wrote one important paper, one shitty software program for "street cred", and has done jack shit of value since.

  3. new low for slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now they don't even try to set up the flamefest with an article or anything they just say:

    Democratcs vs. Repuplicans

    Ok, argue amongst yourself and be sure to hit refresh frequently, VA Software Corporation needs the ad revenue.

  4. Re:Lindows? by slungsolow · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't think that XP was meant to be a linux killer. I think it was meant to be a better OS than ME and 98 (I would say 2000, but I feel its still a superior OS). Longhorn, on the other hand, is being made to completely dominate the desktop market.

  5. blah blah...blah blah blah by sheldon · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been hearing this tune since 1997.

    That's 7 years now, and Linux is no closer today than it was in 1997... in fact it's actually quite further behind. Everybody I know who flirted with Linux back a few years ago has dumped it and is running Windows XP.

    Honestly can't believe this post was rated insightful.

  6. mod parent up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wish that ESR, the ultimate douchebag, would do us all a favor and blow his brains out with one of his many guns that he owns to make him feel better about his tiny dick!

    ESR is an open source terrorist. Microsoft should hire some goons to beat the shit out of him and then stretch his anus to the breaking point on a huge dildo like goatse.cx. Oh wait, ESR already does that by himself.

  7. Re:Lindows? by slungsolow · · Score: 0, Troll

    I always felt that out of the box 2000 was the best operating system they put together. Essentially XP is a mix of ME & 2000 (which I guess makes it the grandson of 98 and NT). Its simply an opinion based on my experience with the OS. I'm not saying its the greatest thing every built, I just think it does the job better.

  8. Ob. Soviet joke by timpaton · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, source opens you!

    1. Re:Ob. Soviet joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      In Soviet Russia, people do not kill bad jokes, they are killed FOR bad jokes.