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The War Is Over, and Linux Has Won
xtaski writes "Dana Blankenhorn bluntly states a reality that many have known: 'The war is over and Linux won'. With Oracle and Microsoft putting Linux in the spotlight and positioning themselves to grow with Linux. 'A new report shows that 83% of companies expect to support new workloads on Linux against 23% for Windows. ... Over two-thirds of the respondents said they will increase their use of Linux in the next year, and almost no one said the opposite.'"
Has this been confirmed by Netcraft?
Declare victory then get the hell out.
why do i keep on having recurring visions of a flight deck with a "mission accomplished banner" blowing in the background...
*ducks*
"A new IBM-sponsored study on Linux sent m..."
Hahahaha.... thank you IBM for fudding the Microsoft way. Down Microsoft DOWN! I have a boat load of nails for your new coffin.
If it'll stop the OS wars, I'll accept anything. Imagine if other products were debated as often as Operating Systems.
Architect: "Loser. My printer is so much better than yours, because it is a plotter and can print HUGE banners!"
Writer: "Loser. Well my printer was cheaper, and the ink is much cheaper!"
Graphic Designer: "Sellout! My printer can print on photo-quality paper and at a higher resolution!"
Although the jokes the wars create are quite funny.
Ginga no Rekshiya Mata Each page.
"Don't forget to pay your $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking teabaggers."
Man, you had me confused for a minute. I sat here for a minute wondering what the Playstation 3 had to do with this!
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
in a way the average fourteen year old slashbot can understand:
i luv open source
micro$oft is the suxxorz
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So when is the liquidation sale in Redmond?
Did you really just compare Gandhi's fight for freedom from British rule in India to the OS "wars"?
You can compare anything to anything. That's the beauty of C style type casting, really!
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Which is now MS apparently...
I'm going to go get a me a clippy t-shirt!
Screw you Linu$!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
Really? Mind if I ask what you typed that on?
Make sure it has a raid array and no floppy drive for even more fun.
A carrier pigeon. I stapled it to his forehead.
And on the subject of admirals... "It's a trap!"
name one thing that linux can do that windows can't? browse the web for 15 minutes without picking up spyware or crashing. kthxbai
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
That's more like a feature that Windows can do but Linux can't!