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The “Windows World” Doesn’t Get FOSS… (Or Maybe They Do)

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KS
Ken Starks
Sep 13, 2007

“I am sure that the title to this article is incorrect on some
level… or at some level, but by and large, I don’t think it can
be argued against with any conviction. Then again, I am not sure if
it’s a matter of not ‘getting’ it or if they ‘get it,’ it is from
some long-held misconceptions.

“FOSS is nothing but a bunch of Birkenstock-wearing, aging
hippies that are trying to make one last stand before retiring to a
Senior Citizen Assisted Living Center…”


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KS

Ken Starks

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