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NewsForge: Why Linux Repositories Are a Huge Competitive Advantage for Linux

Jul 12, 2004, 23:30 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Chris DiBona)

"My friend Robin Miller recently wrote a very decent article about how spoiled we Linux users are, which inspired me to write this article that I've been kind of meaning to write for a while anyway, an article about how the various Linux repositories are and have been such a vast competitive advantage for Linux.

"You should definitely read the comments on that article. There were some terrific points made about Microsoft's role as the dominant source for desktop software limiting their ability to bundle, and how things are much easier to install on Windows, that I found insightful..."

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