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:Mainframe.gr: Another Lost Year for Linux
Mainframe.gr: Another Lost Year for Linux
Jan 1, 2007, 17 :00 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (9487 reads)

"Why people don't use Linux? It's free, it's quite mature, hardware support is decent and on top of that it's open source. You can do whatever you want with and even publish your own version. Sounds like a dream, doesn't it?

"Back to the real world those benefits are far from enough for a decent market share.."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This is something I am really tired ofre ...   Photoshop   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 1, 2007, 17:23:30  
Its to a how to on:Using your Citadel ca ...   URL posted is not to the story.   
Drew Sullivan
Jan 1, 2007, 18:05:10  
http://www.mainframe.gr/index.php/2006/1 ...   Here's the correct URL   
GreyGeek
Jan 1, 2007, 19:39:30  
I read the original article at the Mainf ...   Note to GreyGeek   
Ursus Orribilus
Jan 1, 2007, 20:22:19  
"NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with Windows" ...   Bundled is Bogus   
gerry_g
Jan 1, 2007, 22:01:13  
Funny, OEMs don't want to mention th ...   Re: Stealth Linux in the Enterprise   
linuxiac
Jan 2, 2007, 04:38:23  
> "NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with Window ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
Rufus Polson
Jan 2, 2007, 04:48:08  
Hi there. I am the author of the article ...   Re: Note to GreyGeek   
Jason Dean
Jan 2, 2007, 05:33:24  
gerry_g writes:If the pre-installed argu ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
Mantar
Jan 2, 2007, 06:22:25  
> "NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with Window ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
DDahl
Jan 2, 2007, 07:43:45  
Personally I find when I read these arti ...   Reaction   
DDahl
Jan 2, 2007, 08:03:14  
> Its to a how to on:> Using your Citade ...   Re: URL posted is not to the story.   
blackhole
Jan 2, 2007, 08:07:21  
> The number of White Box unbundled desk ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
blackhole
Jan 2, 2007, 08:09:52  
Sorry Gerry G, the only statement that i ...   bogus   
John B
Jan 2, 2007, 08:10:36  
> "NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with > Wind ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 2, 2007, 09:11:54  
You know that it is still true that Wind ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus--No, it goes on, for the time   
Mario Miyojim
Jan 2, 2007, 12:02:29  
I used to work in a White Box shop. The ...   Re: Bundled is Bogus   
Rascalson
Jan 2, 2007, 14:01:18  
Jason D,Hi. I posted over on your blog, ...   Re: Re: Note to GreyGeek   
Jose
Jan 2, 2007, 14:44:35  
Does anyone remember the great VHS and B ...   Windows Won the war -   
Darryl
Jan 2, 2007, 16:45:14  
>> The fact is, Windows won the war, jus ...   Re: Windows Won the war -   
Jose
Jan 2, 2007, 17:40:47  
>> "NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with Windo ...   Re: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
gerry_g
Jan 2, 2007, 17:46:03  
>Sorry Gerry G, the only statement that ...   Re: bogus   
gerry_g
Jan 2, 2007, 17:48:43  
>If Linux is truly dead or lost, then wh ...   Re: Reaction   
gerry_g
Jan 2, 2007, 17:55:48  
> >> "NEW PCs come PREINSTALLED with Win ...   Re: Re: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
DDahl
Jan 2, 2007, 20:11:34  
> I chose Wikipedia's defininition o ...   Re: Re: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
P.Woods
Jan 2, 2007, 20:13:26  
> >If Linux is truly dead or lost, then ...   Re: Re: Reaction   
DDahl
Jan 2, 2007, 20:20:06  
First, your BETAMAX vs VHS analogy is qu ...   Re: Windows won the war-   
judecn
Jan 3, 2007, 00:37:38  
>Have you ever heard the term anecdotal ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
gerry_g
Jan 3, 2007, 03:45:00  
The comment had some links that maybe go ...   Comment not reaching mainframe.gr   
Jose
Jan 3, 2007, 07:24:50  
> >Have you ever heard the term anecdota ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
DDahl
Jan 3, 2007, 19:23:03  
> There were the reports of Linux migrat ...   More: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
gerry_g
Jan 3, 2007, 23:47:55  
> > There were the reports of Linux migr ...   Re: More: Re: Bundled is Bogus   
DDahl
Jan 4, 2007, 06:24:30  
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