Yes, Forbes and Dan Lyons should be taken with a grain of salt when it comes to Linux. Dan Lyons is the columnist who finds fault in every piece of technology he reviews regardless of manufacturer. He never has anything positive to say, and it doesn't take much talent to be a cynic. In a more general sense, Forbes takes the editorial stance that OSS is equivalent to communism. Forbes fails to realize that OSS wasn't started as a capitalistic endeavor, and therefore sees it as a threat to technology and business models.
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Yes, Forbes and Dan Lyons should be taken with a grain of salt when it comes to Linux. Dan Lyons is the columnist who finds fault in every piece of technology he reviews regardless of manufacturer. He never has anything positive to say, and it doesn't take much talent to be a cynic. In a more general sense, Forbes takes the editorial stance that OSS is equivalent to communism. Forbes fails to realize that OSS wasn't started as a capitalistic endeavor, and therefore sees it as a threat to technology and business models.