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wolfb: Why Linux Doesn’t Succeed: Fear

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 5, 2006

“Fear of failure I mean. I have the problem that I am trying to
move from windows to Linux (Ubuntu), but I am simply too scared to
do it. It’s always the ‘what if this goes wrong?’. And I guess the
same can be used for the IT departments. I can imagine the person
in the IT department considering moving 100 people to Linux. The
fear of something going terribly wrong is there. And it’s probably
an unreasonable fear. But let’s look at a few scenarios for this
imaginary IT professional…”

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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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