[CS-FSLUG] NI: How Linux Could Overthrow Microsoft

["國產 Wei-Yee Chan (Made in Chinar)"]

 For as long as most technologists can remember, there has been
"Wintel," the $250 billion industry dominated by Microsoft's Windows
operating systems and Intel's microprocessors. But "Lintel," or the
Linux operating system and Intel, is now encroaching on this empire, and
behind it is the entire open-source software movement, which threatens
to overthrow the Windows industry. Faced with this challenge, Microsoft
is showing classic symptoms of "incumbents' disease." Rather than
remaking itself, Microsoft is using legal threats, short-term deals, and
fear, uncertainty, and doubt to fortify its position. But this strategy
probably won't work. The Linux operating system and the open-source
model for software development are far from perfect, but they look
increasingly likely to depose Microsoft.

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