Linux and open source have won, get over it | Linux Today

Linux and open source have won, get over it

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 5, 2016

2015 was the year Linux and open-source software took over the IT world, but many open-source and proprietary software fans still haven’t figured it out.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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