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The REAL Reason We Use Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 17, 2008

[ Thanks to Vlad
Dolezal
for this link. ]

“We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because
it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other
meaning), because it has excellent community support…

“But all of that is just marketing bulls**t. We tell that to
non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t understand the real reason. And
when we say those false reasons enough, we might even start to
believe them ourselves.

“But deep underneath, the real reason remains…”


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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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