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osOpinion: Paranoia-free Days

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“Pudgy little penguins pop up everywhere. My brothers and
sisters, Domino runs on Linux. Domino! Imagine telling your boss a
year ago that Domino would run on Linux. The laughter would have
sent you careening down the hall like a player in one of those old
vibrating electric football games.”

Two years ago, we’d have been thrilled to see our name
spelled right. Forbes magazine knows who Linus is and Linux gets as
much coverage at Comdex as Brand M. It seemed like big news the
first time I saw Linux mentioned in ComputerWorld.
Lately,
I’ve seen articles on or mentions of Linux in USA Today, Time
magazine, Popular Mechanics and Home PC. I can’t remember the last
time I had to explain to anyone more evolved than an amoebae what
Linux is.”

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Story

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