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Linux, We Have a PR Problem
Feb 12, 2008, 01 :45 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6431 reads)

(Other stories by Sarah Stokely)

"A few weeks ago a former boss and mentor of mine made my jaw drop by asking me, 'Why has open source failed?'.

"I don't agree with him for a second that it has--open source is becoming pervasive, which is the only reason fiercely proprietary companies like Microsoft are starting to make approaches to the open source community. But his comment drove home for me that one of the biggest barriers open source faces is a plain old PR problem..."

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Retail sales of Linux systems is what pe ...   Retail sales   
linux23dragon
Feb 12, 2008, 02:27:06
 
If someone asked me such a dunderheaded, ...   Get a new mentor   
Nick Mailer
Feb 12, 2008, 09:34:28
 
"open source and open licensing still ne ...   Of bottled water and Starbucks   
Mark
Feb 12, 2008, 11:58:57
 
> Remember that we live in an environmen ...   Re: Of bottled water and Starbucks   
Grishnakh
Feb 13, 2008, 01:32:44
 
Tap water is very high quality in other  ...   Re: Re: Of bottled water and Starbucks   
Jim
Feb 13, 2008, 18:11:41
 
> The "Green" objection to bottled water ...   Re: Re: Re: Of bottled water and Starbucks   
Grishnakh
Apr 16, 2008, 21:03:55
 
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