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ZDNet: Evan Leibovitch — The Geek of Christmas present(s)

“Up here in the Great White North, Microsoft has been running a
bunch of radio advertisements with the theme of “Gifts for Geeks.”
The premise is that every computer hobbyist you can think of has
been secretly dreaming of getting, for Christmas, their own copy of
Windows 98.”

“People use Microsoft products because they have to; the
application they’re running needs it, it’s mandated by the
company…”

“In light of this, allow me to suggest what I consider a
useful selection of gifts for the real geek in your life
(especially the Linux geek)…”


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