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The REAL Reason We Use Linux

[ 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…”


Complete Story

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