32BitsOnline: Linux: A Story of Hype

Ronny Ko of 32BitsOnline appears to have thrown in the towel on Linux:

"We're no longer talking about when Open Source and Linux will replace Microsoft but whether Linux and Open Source will even be around after Microsoft releases Windows XP," he says, and goes on to argue "let's face it, I have been running Windows 2000 for quite some time now. The operating system has been running and running. It has not crashed once. I'm very, very impressed with its stability."

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