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Linux Journal: Tale of Two Stories

By Doc Searls

“Google has achieved maximum Linux irony by becoming the only
commercial enterprise to leverage enormous quantities of free
software (10,000+ Linux servers at last count) into de facto web
infrastructure: private enterprise as public utility.

“Irony or not, Google is a major Linux success story. Even if it
doesn’t win every search popularity contest (last year, Jupiter
MediaMetrix said MSN and Yahoo’s search engines still had more
‘audience reach,’ although Google led by most other measures), its
influence will only grow as the company earns more acclaim and
success.

“So what’s wrong with Google? The press will be glad to tell
you…”

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