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Forbes: Is Linux For Losers?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 18, 2005

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“Theo de Raadt is a pioneer of the open source software movement
and a huge proponent of free software. But he is no fan of the open
source Linux operating system.

“‘It’s terrible,’ De Raadt says. ‘Everyone is using it, and they
don’t realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick
with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, ‘This
is garbage and we should fix it…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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