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Linux to spend eternity in shadow of 'little blue E'
Published 1/26/2009 at The Register
Inside the mind of the John Q Windows Fail and You Linux will never make any meaningful headway into the desktop. Nope, never. I could cite market share numbers, growth figures, and total cost of ownership studies, but none of that matters (plus, it's boring). Linux will never, ever defeat Windows because Windows has the little blue E.…
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