“One of the reasons some of us use computers is that they are
supposed to save us time. Reality can often be different: we end up
spending immeasurable amounts of time crashing and rebooting, for
no obvious reason. Some of these time-wasting frustrations are not
down to our hardware, but are a result of the operating system
being used.”
“Apart from a few exceptions, we haven’t had much choice.
Microsoft has had a huge influence on how personal computers have
developed, and holds increasing influence over the Internet. But
now, the times they are a’changing. The alternative is Linux, an
operating system whose kernel was created in 1991 by student Linus
Torvalds.”
“Linux has grown and matured to such an extent that it now
occupies third place behind Windows NT and Novell’s Netware in the
server software league. And it is the most popular single operating
system for Web servers, with a third of that market.“