[ale] MSNBC News Link: So whatever happened to Linux?

[David Bronson]

How is this for irony. In the very article titled Whatever happened to
Linux:

<snip>
Numbers like those have caught the attention of computer hardware
makers. Last year, as the personal computer slogged through the worst
sales crash in its history, Linux server sales jumped by more than 50
percent to $400 million, with IBM leading the pack.
       "Linux used to be just a bunch of geeks trying to change the
industry," said Elizabeth Phillips, a Hewlett-Packard spokesperson. "Now
Linux is becoming more mainstream every day."
</snip>

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From: geek0goddess at netscape.net [mailto:geek0goddess at netscape.net] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:44 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] MSNBC News Link: So whatever happened to Linux?

M. Cover sent you this MSNBC News Link:

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If the home user are cheap why they do not take the free stuff? because
is hard?

** So whatever happened to Linux? **
Just a few years ago, proponents of the Linux operating system predicted
this "open source" -- read free -- software would take over computer
desktops. But today, Windows is still running on the vast majority of
PCs. So what happened? By John W. Schoen.

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/772215.asp

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