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Story: Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
Posted by: Steve J (Monday 14 March 2005, 10:07 AM)
"Having the source code doesn't mean a thing when you have a five year lock-in under the Linux flag..."
Rather that than a nine year lock-in to Microsoft.
By the way, did you factor in the fact that after your nine-year pact has ended, the files you've created won't work with anything else, because Microsoft have nailed your b*****ks to the wall with DRM? You're still locked in!
On a plus point if you're hacked off with Windows (my Windows XP crashes twice daily and our Exchange server needs rebooting weekly), this is the time to get out! Check out OpenOffice.org 2 beta. Its Word document conversion is practically perfect in every way.
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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
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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 -
I'm using a stripped-down, fully patched win2... The Mitch
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Desktop Linux will never succeed until s... Brian H
