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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Golden’s Rules: Mixing Linux and Windows

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 8, 2005

[ Thanks to Jack
Loftus
for this link. ]

“If you listen to the debate between Microsoft advocates and
open source zealots, you might easily conclude that it’s an
all-or-nothing proposition. For them, it’s one or the other.

“While the partisan participants in the discussion declaim their
‘truths,’ most of the rest of us have to exist in the real IT
world. In our world, nobody runs an all one-thing shop. In fact,
most of us run an all-everything shop! So, to us, the question of
whether Windows and open source can coexist is critical, and the
tone of the debate is pretty discouraging…”


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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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