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Story: Linux: Lost in the trough of disillusionment?

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Posted by: Arthur B. (Wednesday 14 September 2005, 12:14 AM)

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Hi Jon,

There's another theory. Microsoft only needs to get worse in some way to get it replaced by something else. What do you think inspired plenty of migration projects around the globe? That Linux is 100 times better or that Microsoft is getting worse is some way?

Thing is that "good enough" is far from vendor exclusive.

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