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:ZDNet Australia: Time for Linux Bigots to Take a Back Seat
ZDNet Australia: Time for Linux Bigots to Take a Back Seat
Dec 2, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (14820 reads)
(Other stories by Iain Ferguson)

"Linux and open source software has always been dogged by a kind of University campus idealism that is brutally incompatible with the harsh realities of the commercial world.

"That idealism unfortunately manifests itself most often in online diatribes against Microsoft, in particular, and proprietary software, in general..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
As an anarcho-capitalist Libertarian and ...   Gee, and I in trouble...   
Bob Robertson
Dec 2, 2005, 01:44:36  
Many commentators who criticize open sou ...   something I've noticed   
rifftide
Dec 2, 2005, 02:13:45  
...That idealism unfortunately manifests ...   Look, Mommy! I'm trolling!   
Brandioch Conner
Dec 2, 2005, 02:17:00  
those who prefer another OS.BTW, the def ...   A Windows zealot lectures ...   
GreyGeek
Dec 2, 2005, 02:44:39  
People in the commercial world forget ce ...   Change is inexorable   
Khan Md Ashraf
Dec 2, 2005, 03:10:56  
Exactly the ones whose reverence of Micr ...   The real bigots   
Sid Boyce
Dec 2, 2005, 03:51:37  
Well im a bigot too.Im beginning to thin ...   im in trouble too   
bman
Dec 2, 2005, 08:18:56  
>>Exactly the ones whose reverence of Mi ...   Re: The real bigots   
Shiva
Dec 2, 2005, 10:49:04  
It is through an infectious idealism tha ...   Change "the real world"   
Daniel McCarthy
Dec 2, 2005, 13:38:40  
This article goes well beyond FUD, lies ...   Story written by Elmer FUD   
Joe User
Dec 2, 2005, 17:20:59  
... and the full court press to discredi ...   In spite of articles like this...   
phil
Dec 2, 2005, 18:25:41  
Anyone notice that the only people throw ...   Oh Man I love this stuff   
ThoreauHD
Dec 2, 2005, 18:38:43  
Ya know, it's true that Linux has ve ...   Why does Linux have such Idealists?   
Joe Almeida
Dec 2, 2005, 21:57:08  
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