“‘Embrace, Extend, Extinguish’
“Of course, for the controversy-loving FOSS community, even a
love-fest is bound to include some dissension, and this one was no
exception. So we here at LinuxInsider took to the streets for some
additional perspective.“”Meet the new faces of Linux: same as the old faces,” Slashdot
blogger drinkypoo told LinuxInsider. “The greatest barrier to Linux
success continues to be Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) More about
Microsoft EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) strategy. Once you are
locked into a Microsoft technology, it’s near-impossible to
escape.”“The problem in the medical professional’s case wasn’t Linux,
drinkypoo asserted. Rather, “it’s the hospital technical staff that
implemented a Windows-only solution, and the hospital management
that permitted them to implement a solution tying them to one
vendor, the folly of which does not require a first-rate technical
mind to comprehend.”
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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