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Microsoft’s in the Hen House

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 26, 2007

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“One of the biggest things that bothers me about Linux today is
how it continues to fail at gaining any decent ground against
Microsoft. Sure, it’s gained ground against Windows at a steady
rate over the past number of years and stands to grow for quite
some time into the future, but the progress has been painfully
slow. By now, Linux should be kicking in Microsoft’s door,
stormtrooper style. But instead, the only jack boots I see around
here are those worn by Microsoft.

“Now I’m not saying Linux should turn into a raving pack of
Nazi’s or anything. What I’m saying is, we should go into this
fight, guns raised, fully loaded, armed to the teeth and ready to
kick some butt and take no prisoners…”

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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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