Tom’s Hardware: A Continuing Work in Progress: The State of Linux 2006

“In days gone by, the personification of Linux might have
conjured up the image of a hotshot college kid full of half-baked
ideas and sharp edges. But that college kid has now graduated into
the business world, and unleashed his furious entrepreneurial
spirit. Today, Linux has a sharper, more refined edge than before,
and has branched out into private, public, enterprise and
governmental sectors. Linux also spans all manner of hardware
platforms, and serves an incredibly wide variety of
purposes…”

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