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PC Week Online: For open-sourcers, Jackson proves a very mixed blessing

“After several hundred posts lauding Judge Jackson, some
Slashdotters began taking apart the findings of fact document, in
which Jackson calls Linux a “fringe operating system.” Opinions
quickly fractured.”

“Indeed, Jackson’s facts seem to echo some of the sentiments on
Microsoft’s own “Linux Myths” page on its Web site. Jackson
wrote:

“… consumers have by and large shown little inclination to
abandon Windows, with its reliable developer support, in favor of
an operating system whose future in the PC realm is unclear…”

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