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LinuxWorld: Why Is Open Source World Domination Taking So Darn Long?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2005

“Open source certainly now is ‘good enough’ for the needs of
most end users who merely use their computers for simple office
productivity work, Webbing, and e-mailing. As any Tux-lover can
tell you, a good case can be made that open source desktop
offerings can handle those basic jobs better than the products of
the desktop market leader. So it would appear that world domination
is right around the corner.

“Again, why is world domination taking so long? One good answer
for this big question can be found by reading the work of Harvard
theorist, Bhaskar Chakravorti, PhD, who is currently one of the
partners at the Monitor Group consulting firm…”

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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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