:The Washington Post/Yahoo!: Linux, Still an Awkward Alternative
The Washington Post/Yahoo!: Linux, Still an Awkward Alternative Jul 5, 2004, 20 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6074 reads) (Other stories by Rob Pegoraro)
"The choice of software to run our computers can get awfully depressing. On one hand, there's Windows XP--expensive and woefully insecure, but it works on almost every machine out there. On the other, there's Mac OS X--far more secure, but also expensive and restricted to Apple's own computers.
"Where's our independence from this pair? For a growing minority of users, it comes in the open-source operating system called Linux. It's either cheap or free (depending if you buy a packaged distribution or download a version online), it's secure and it can run on any Windows-ready machine..."
