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Interview With Mark Shuttleworth

Posted by kdawson on from the not-quite-yet dept.

suka writes "The founder of the Ubuntu project argues in a recent interview with derStandard.at that the time for mass consumer sales of Linux on the desktop has not yet come. He goes on to talk about the integration of proprietary drivers, the One Laptop per Child project, and 'great applications' from Microsoft."

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  1. The seven tools that linux needs. by jbossvi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the acticle was a little light on *what* apps we need. And I had just finished reading another article that actually spells out the the specifics. http://planet-geek.com/archives/003830.html

  2. Re:Linux is not a PC platform by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Solaris is an operating system because you can, say, run Abiword on it without installing the GNU System first. Linux, on the other hand, is not an operating system - you can't run Abiword on just Linux - you'd need a whole operating system like GNU/Linux to do that.

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