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Desktop Linux: The Presstitutes Strike Again!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2010

[ Thanks to Jim Lynch for this link. ]

“The Presstitutes Attack!

“Every once in a while we hear that desktop Linux is dead and buried. A columnist at PC World recently pushed this hoary old chestnut in a column entitled “Desktop Linux: The Dream is Dead.”

“Ugh.

“I hate it when somebody regurgitates this stuff. It never changes and it’s never fair or accurate to desktop Linux. Most of it is simply spin, lies and distortions and it ought not to go unchallenged. Yet we see these presstitutes pushing this crap over and over again.

“Well let me tell you something, desktop Linux is alive and well; and it’s getting better and better.

“I’ll tear apart Strohmeyer’s column on the second page, but there are a few other things I want to cover first.

“Numbers: Who Cares?”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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