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Cover Story on Linux, plus An Interview with Linus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

agermain writes "VARBusiness magazine is featuring a cover story on Linux in its April 12 issue. It details Linux's growing acceptance in small business and how value-added resellers and consultants can profit installing and integrating the OS for their customers. Also online is a Q&A with Linus Torvalds, the Wizard of OS, plus a pretty funny profile of Torvalds by the two reporters who interviewed him. The online Linux page rounds out the package with recent stories for resellers and useful Linux links. "

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  1. Yeesh by Ross+C.+Brackett · · Score: 2

    Heh - in the Linus profile, they quoted him as having "A 386 PC with a 266-MHz processor"

    I'm not so sure it's a good sign when writers for A FREAKING COMPUTER INDUSTRY TRADE MAGAZINE don't know the difference between 386DX2-66 and a 386DX-266, let alone the fact that such a device sounds rather implausable after Linus informs them that "It was top-of-the-line eight years ago." This just further confirms my theory that nobody employed for a computer industry trade mag has actually ever used a computer. Think about it - it explains a whole lot.

  2. lol by Ross+C.+Brackett · · Score: 2

    I was going to give this smart-ass reply about how I hate how online versions of magazines always try to bypass "problems" with the HTML spec and instead use " "s to indent paragraphs, but nevermind, that would be mean.

  3. VAR by AJWM · · Score: 2

    VAR = Value Added Reseller

    As opposed to OEM, Original Equipment Manufacturer, or to just plain distributor or reseller that doesn't add anything.

    (Sometimes the 'value' of what VARs add is questionable...)

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    -- Alastair