Upside: Limits of Linux Passion

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 1999

Thanks to Eric Connolly for
this link.

“Last I checked, Bill Gates was still the richest man in the
world. And he just got a tiny bit richer because of me… a couple
of weeks back, I bought my first Windows machine.

“Of course, I bought it to run Linux.

“I can’t tell you why. It’s very strange. I feel somehow
compelled by the Zeitgeist to install Linus Torvald’s little baby
on my new machine. I’m not giving up on my iMac; the Windows/Linux
box is very definitely a secondary, mess-around machine. And
there’s nothing even remotely rational about my choice. Sure, Linux
arguably runs faster, cleaner and more reliably than any OS out
there, but that’s not why I want it. I just want it. Is that so
wrong?”

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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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