Entrepreneur: Powering Up

“I’ve heard Linux is for geeks; that whatever I might save on a
ridiculously cheap Linux PC, I’ll pay in tech support costs spawned
by ‘nonstandard’ aspects of this operating system. I’ve also heard
that a Linux desktop is the answer to the growing blob of
cosmetically enhanced Windows software that has me replacing
perfectly good PCs with ever-faster systems, just so I can continue
to write e-mail and Word documents.

“Suspecting that the truth lies somewhere in between, I bought a
Linux desktop-a BusinessStation from software company Lindows.com
Inc., to be precise. I wanted the full Linux experience, from the
Web site shopping cart to compatibility with Windows tools to tech
support…”

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