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Byte.com: Thoughts On The Evolution Of Linux Culture

“Fragmentation A Sign Of Success”

“You can tell when a culture is evolving by the sophistication
and variety of its jargon and lexicon. Alternatives, preferences,
prejudice, religion, and chips-on-the-shoulder have become part of
what computing is about as we try to cut through the marketing
prattle to the core of the matter. (Pardon the pun.) While Linux
appears to have a serious amount of fragmentation paralleling its
meteoric growth, this, too, is a sign of success.”

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