Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jan 2006 18:05 UTC
Businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and other organizations around the world are converting1 their computer operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux at an increasing pace. They are likewise converting their application programs from commercial software to free software (also referred to as open source software). There are at least 25 reasons for this situation, including:
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2005-07-06
"(open-source = ultimate optimized performance/security/support/customization/etc.)"
Reality Check : Microsoft Windows and Apple are built on Open Source , its always been impossible to have computer and not use something Open Source , exept those company use Open Source with traitor license , which means they have the ability to close the improvment they made to someone else code and dont have to release source code at all or allow other to look at the code for fixing problem. That swhy they Hate the GPL license it forbade them to do that which they have been doing for 3 decades.
"or flat-out wrong (old versions of "Linux" continue to be supported forever?)"
I seriously whant to see you try and close support for ever of anything GNU/Linux.
"with the author continually switching definitions of Linux to fit the argument being presented "
Gnu/Linux is everything , GNU/Linux is nothing , GNU/Linux is what you choose it to be.