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Testing the Faith of the Linux Masses

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 11, 2013

In a world with sky-high divorce rates and inconsistent church attendance, it doesn’t seem too big a stretch to say that fidelity is an increasingly rare virtue in the population at large.

Can the same be said of the Linux-using masses?

That, indeed, is just what the clever crew over at TuxRadar apparently set out to learn recently via a thought-provoking Open Ballot entitled, “Abandon ship?”

“Do you ever see yourself switching back to Windows or Mac OS X (or BSD, Solaris, MikeOS or any other OS) and leaving Linux behind?” TuxRadar’s query read.

“Are there some problems that just don’t get solved? Are the problems getting worse? Or is everything just peachy as you bask in the warm glow of software freedom?” they added.

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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