Top 5 Linux Myths | Linux Today

Top 5 Linux Myths

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Aug 2, 2007

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“1. Linux Users Are Cheap. Ah, this is one of my
favorites. It seems that Linux users have long since been seen as
cheap, despite the fact that so many of them in the States earn up
to six figures. First, define cheap? Are we cheap because we choose
not to buy brand new everything with every release of our selected
OS? It certainly shines some light on why hardware manufactures
have been less than excited to provide better driver support,
doesn’t it…?”


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Matt Hartley

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