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Inside Open Source: Software Choice = Political Freedom

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 10, 2006

[ Thanks to Matt Wade
for this link. ]

“A few days ago I made a blog posting in which I said that I’ve
switched my office computer to Windows. I made the change solely in
order to run Microsoft Office, which is unique in that it offers
high-level functionality I need to do my job. I explained my
reasons fully and ended with what I felt were some profound
conclusions.

“Oh boy. Did I cause a stink. The posting made the front page of
Digg.com and LinuxToday. I was suddenly infamous. The reader
comments started flowing and most of them were negative…”


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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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