PC Magazine: Microsoft, Innovation, and Linux

"Want to have some fun? Get a copy of Connectix Virtual PC and add a few virtual operating systems to your computer, without the hassle of dual boot or complex incompatibilities. The system, free for 60 days from www.connectix.com, lets you create memory partitions on which you can run Linux simultaneously with Windows XP. You can run multiple versions of Linux at once to see if you like Linux enough to take the plunge.

"Linux is too much like Windows. You'll discover that all the flavors of Linux and the open-source software that runs on it are getting more and more like Windows. This may cause big companies to dump Windows in favor of the cheaper open-source software, but none of it is quite as good as Windows-based software. Linux may be more efficient and faster, but if you're going to play the features game, you're bound to lose. That's Microsoft's real specialty..."

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