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CobraA1 5th Nov 2009
"Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet with
routers/switches/servers you name it like
Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distro
name servers."

Well, in those cases the customer is paying for
the hardware. The software costs are easy to
absorb because the software is extremely
minimalist.

You can't say the same about consumer devices
with pretty UIs and lots of application. It's
the total opposite end, with very heavy
software. It costs a lot of time to build
software for a PC or smart phone compared to a
router.

"End users will use Linux distro
devices/appliances in the future"

OSS advocates have been saying that for what,
10 years?

"they will not need 10G operating
systems and anti-virus/spyware/malware/trojan
and worm protection since this is an aging
lethargic way of doing things."

10G? What is that, a cellular network?

At least try to get your tech terms right.

And if you think bad guys will go away just
because you switch the OS - you're sorely
mistaken.

"Smart phones are running Linux distro's and
they are taking over"

You mean like RIM and Apple? Oh, snap.
Nevermind.

"taking over" is not happening anywhere.

"where developers develop code because they
WANT to not because it is a mega-corp job."

Yes, we all dream of being poor and asking for
money in the streets.

Dream on. Because a dream is all it's going to
be.
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