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ONLamp: Why Linux?

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Over on Craig Pfeifer’s site, I made the following comment a
couple days ago:

“It’s conceivable to me that within a few months time
we might have an entirely Windows-free home.

“Craig responded with:

“The whole ‘Microsoft free environment’ I don’t
completely understand. To me it’s a big non-requirement.

“In my house, technology doesn’t play politics.

“Craig was right to call me on my statement. Holding up a
‘Windows-free home’ as a goal without any sort of reasoning behind
that goal is nothing more than a fashion statement on my part. I’m
not really convinced in my own mind that I have that as a goal
either, but before addressing that issue, let me explain the
background behind my recent decision to experiment with Linux on
the home PC…”

Complete
Story

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