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Story: Battle continues over true cost of Linux

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Posted by: Anonymous (Saturday 9 April 2005, 12:45 AM)

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Classic Dido quote:

"We found that Windows desktops had an average rating of 6.9 compared with a rating of well over eight for Linux. But what happens if there is an attack and no patch available [for Linux]?"

Gee the same thing that happens if there is an attack and no patch available [for Windows]!

Duh!

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Its the applications and device drivers that run on windows that cement its dominance. How many people would fork out hundreds of pounds for Vista if Linux ran all the software and kit they wanted to use.

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