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Story: Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
Posted by: Trev (Friday 11 March 2005, 9:50 AM)
"Having the source code doesn't mean a thing when you have a five year lock-in under the Linux flag..."
Out of Microsoft and the various Linux vendors, we can safely say it's pretty obvious which of these companies relies on customer lock-in the most.
(In case you live on Mars: Microsoft)
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Story: Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
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Right. Because Windows applications run in Kernel... Anonymous -
And all of your business apps are going to run on... Brendon
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The apps don't run in Kernel space, but the G... Robert Myers -
Yup. They also use IO, scheduling etc. A... Anonymous -
"But since we're talking GUI, XWind... Philip Stephens
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"Having the source code doesn't mean a thing when... Trev -
Not surprising that he got good stability from Lin... Anonymous
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"Having the source code doesn't mean a thing when... Steve J
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I'm using a stripped-down, fully patched win2... The Mitch
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Desktop Linux will never succeed until s... Brian H
