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Current Newswire: Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit Using Windows Is Like... Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? Creating Ebooks with Sigil Sr Systems Engineer – AIX (TX) Next Step Systems US-TX-Houston Post A Job | Post A Resume O'Reilly.com: Why Open Source Doesn't Suck for the Consumer Sep 3, 2000, 15 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (6447 reads) (Other stories by Tim O'Reilly) "Suppose, for an instant, you broaden the discussion beyond Linux, as I constantly try to do when talking about open source. All of a sudden the answer to how open source stacks up against Windows for usability takes on a whole new cast. The impact has already been so huge that we take it all for granted." "What is the dominant application development platform today? The WEB!" "...And the irony is that Linux and other free OSes had the lead, didn't know it, and now have to play catch up on the Web as well." Complete Story Related Stories: NY Times: Whose Intellectual Property Is It, Anyway? The Open Source War(Aug 24, 2000) TechWR-L: A Tech Writer's Guide to the Open Source Movement (Part 1)(Jul 30, 2000) LinuxPlanet: Rant Mode Equals One: I'm a Consumer and I've Been Harmed(Jun 23, 2000) LinuxPlanet: The Importance of Open File Formats(Jun 08, 2000) Open Source IT: Is Linux the Embedded Operating System of the Future?(Jun 06, 2000) Eric S. Raymond: Microsoft -- Designed for Insecurity(Apr 15, 2000) osOpinion: The OS Wars are Over and Everybody Won(Mar 02, 2000) InfoWorld: UCITA threatens rights of consumers in the new age of electronic commerce(Jan 09, 2000) ZDNet UK: Preinstalled Linux on consumer PC? PC World says Yes(Jul 26, 1999) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Save the web    grouch Sep 3, 2000, 17:42:03     Why Javascript isn't taken seriously    Jim Hill Sep 3, 2000, 20:01:17     Why Open Source Does Suck    MSLover Sep 3, 2000, 21:41:36     Re: Why Open Source Does Suck    Keith Phillips Sep 4, 2000, 01:03:15     Re: Re: Why Open Source Does Suck    MSturbation Sep 4, 2000, 04:35:13     Re: Why Open Source Does Suck    Tim Williams Sep 4, 2000, 10:40:17     Re: Why Open Source Does Suck    Sagar May 25, 2004, 15:31:08     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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