The challenge facing open source

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It isn't hard to see why the move to open source software - and Linux, in particular - has gained so much momentum. Forget its inherent advantages and disadvantages for a moment, and think of the technology as something that simply isn't Windows.

By editorial@silicon.com

Sunday 13 May 2001

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