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GNU/Linux: Too Much about Hate, Not Enough about Pride (LinuxPlanet)

GNU/Linux: Too Much about Hate, Not Enough about Pride (LinuxPlanet)

Posted Apr 8, 2008 6:51 UTC (Tue) by ekj (subscriber, #1524)
Parent article: GNU/Linux: Too Much about Hate, Not Enough about Pride (LinuxPlanet)

It's nonsensical. There -exists- people whose main attraction to Linux is that it is NOT
Microsoft, but those are few and far between.

There's a larger population that is attracted to Linux for entirely different reasons, but
which are nevertheless annoyed at certain of Microsofts antics. Not because of hate, but
because they dislike criminal abuse of monopolies and would much prefer a level playing-field
governed by open standards.

Most Linux-users I know either use both Windows and Linux, which hardly fits the cliche of a
rabid hate-filled person, or they wish they could ignore Microsoft, which is however sometimes
hard to do. It is hard ignoring a 500 pound gorilla which does the very best it can to hurt
you in any way imaginable.


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