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Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week)

Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week)

Posted Oct 29, 2004 17:28 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462)
In reply to: Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week) by mmarq
Parent article: Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week)

I really think Open Source will not only change the software landscape, but also the way people think about it. Already we see that traditional ways of doing business are not always sufficient; for instance, increasingly, price and features are not the only criteria anymore.

There's only so much time Microsoft can influence the market by sheer brute force (offering huge discounts), especially since their not exactly strong in the areas where Open Source excels, and that have the attention of companies, governments and universities alike: openness, reliability, excellent support and continuity, to name a few.


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Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week)

Posted Oct 29, 2004 17:36 UTC (Fri) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]

Beautiful and i agree... but nothing falls from the sky, you have to fight.

Not So Fast, Linux (Business Week)

Posted Oct 29, 2004 19:02 UTC (Fri) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link]

Ah yes, of course!

Let's just get our shoulders under it and lift Open Source to even higher levels. It will be amusing to see the moloch squirm.

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