The Triangle: Linux's Future Lies In Its Community's Hands | Linux Today

The Triangle: Linux’s Future Lies In Its Community’s Hands

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2004

“Picture a future devoid of all happiness and freedom. The poor
are scrounging for pennies and pieces of bread to survive on, while
the rich are lounging in front of lavish fireplaces, smoking on
expensive humidors, grinning. What self respecting businessman
wouldn’t be proud of himself for surviving the few years of turmoil
during early and mid oughts? After all, they were the ones who
survived those troubled times by sticking with the corporations and
fighting off the open source epidemic. Now those poor Linux-loving
hippies are starving to death, wishing they had sided with the big
Scrooge, Bill Gates…”


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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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