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I'd Suggest Linux--But...
Dec 9, 2007, 05 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (5990 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Murphy)

"The most persistent complaint you hear about Linux from the wintel community is that it's for geeks--and that the geeks involved so rejoice in their geekiness that it's off-putting to the sensible majority represented by who ever happens to be speaking.

"This used to be true for a minority of those involved with Linux--as witness the widespread use of the intentional, compiler stopping, minor error in the distributed source to frighten off the unwashed..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
He doesn't know the difference betwe ...   Interesting read   
Volker Hett
Dec 9, 2007, 11:07:50
 
Would someone, anyone, buy this man a cl ...   Paul Murphy, again   
philc
Dec 10, 2007, 00:54:20
 
Whois for the mentioned IP address, "70. ...   "www."? and other mistakes...   
Henry Yen
Dec 10, 2007, 08:02:04
 
> He doesn't know the difference bet ...   Re: Interesting read   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 10, 2007, 11:54:28
 
> Whois for the mentioned IP address, "7 ...   Re:   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 10, 2007, 14:45:20
 
jumped on the Clue Train he writes a boz ...   Just when I thought he had ....   
GreyGeek
Dec 10, 2007, 20:05:26
 
I've tried a cursory google, but am  ...   deliberate errors in source?   
Bernard Swiss
Dec 10, 2007, 23:11:10
 
By asking the author to have this kind o ...   ok geeks relax   
Yim
Dec 11, 2007, 09:36:35
 
> I've tried a cursory google, but a ...   Re: deliberate errors in source?   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 11, 2007, 10:23:28
 
Folks who quote amateurs are like gamers ...   I'll Pilot the jet, I've done Flight Gear!   
linuxiac
Dec 12, 2007, 22:17:24
 
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