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Will Linux Win the Next Presidential Election?
i_like_spam writes "Douglas Karr has posted an interesting breakdown, complete with bar charts, of the operating systems and server software used by the websites for 23 declared and undeclared presidential candidates. The breakdown shows that there is nearly an equal split between Linux and Windows servers among the whole candidate pool. More interesting, all of the Democratic candidates except for Hillary favor Linux or FreeBSD. 69% of the Republican candidates, in contrast, prefer Windows. Is this preference for OSS or Microsoft a true reflection of differing political philosophies? And, more importantly, will Linux win the next election?"
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I'm sure the majority of republicans run it because they're so in bed with big corporations so they're obviously helping out their republican buddies at microsoft. There's also the chance that a few of the candidates picked it because their tech guys are also republicans and thus idiots.
Not sure what accounts for republicans who aren't using windows. Perhaps they outsourced their hosting to India?
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... And like Cthulhu, you have to be a Great Old One yourself to get that joke.
Any plan which depends on a fundamental change in human behavior is doomed from the start.
That's the point. It's *not* random.
It's no surprise that the republicans are heavy Windows,
they know where their bread is buttered.
What is interesting is that even some of the republicans
are *not* using Windows. Watch for that to change over
the next year, either by the candidate dropping out of
the race, or converting the website over to Windows.
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