[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
Judging from the holy war being waged by proponents of Linux
PCs, it’s clear that Linux is becoming the OS/2 of its time.“OS/2, many will recall, is the now-defunct PC operating system
originally developed by IBM and Microsoft in the 1980s. By 1990,
Microsoft split the project to focus on Windows, and IBM continued
to develop OS/2 alone. For the next five years, IBM fought a losing
battle that consumed the company, and OS/2 proponents (a very
vocal, technical crowd) were never short on conspiracy theories
about Microsoft’s covert efforts to wipe out the operating
system.“Now, the same appears to be happening with Linux PCs. Despite
Microsoft’s overwhelming market share–somewhere north of
90%–there’s an effort underfoot to make a dent in Windows with
Linux PCs. And with that effort comes a return of the conspiracy
theories…”
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