InfoWorld: Commercial Linux

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"Those who revere Linux can't imagine why Microsoft doesn't just give Windows a proper burial. After all, Linux is open, it's free, it performs beautifully on a wide range of hardware, and there is a massive library of open and commercial Linux software.

"The debate about whether Linux is viable as a desktop OS has tapered off now that the KDE (kde.org) and Gnome (gnome.org) graphical environments are on par with Windows. In the minds of open source zealots, it's absurd to pay for an operating system..."

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