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Linux distro appliances are the future
Companies are wising up and getting away from MS 20G worm/virus operating systems and going to Linux distro driven appliances.

It is the future with appliances no one needs a Windows OS with Office for someone to open a (.doc) to edit it is a security threat and a WASTE of money on license fees.

Linux derived devices are powering small electronics and Linux distro's power the Internet servers, DNS, DHCP, Apache, Vsftp, tftp, postfix, sendmail, qmail, you name it.

Windows is only on the desktop and it is eroding away, more and more people are buying MAC's and wising up to the virus/worm/trojan/malware/spyware nightmare of Windows on the Desktop.
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Linux distro appliances are the future  Christian_<>< | 09/24/09
Which explains why  GuidingLight | 09/24/09
Remember when Linus said that...  JT82 | 09/24/09
The kernel IS Linux!  mwagner@... | 09/24/09
Which explains why  IT_User | 09/24/09
We are implementing Win7 right now. I'm on  socialism=nowhere | 09/24/09
To each his own  IT_User | 09/24/09
Cloud  sackbut | 09/24/09
Bad analogy  IT_User | 09/24/09
IBM Declined to Renew their M$ Licenses for Vista! grin  i2fun@... | 09/24/09
All good points...  gnesterenko | 09/24/09
my 80watt laptop will run every new game out  shadfurman | 09/24/09
Long post but quite useless. Keep on dreaming though.  transposeIT | 09/24/09
it will be interesting to see how far the dumb terminal come back turns out  bearlyworking | 09/25/09
Hey he's good at that...nt  socialism=nowhere | 09/24/09
Linux is bloated...  linuxer | 09/26/09
wising up?  frd050101@... | 09/24/09
Yes, but only when Linux reaches 10% market share ...  de-void | 09/24/09
I'm pretty sure thats what he was saying... (nt)  shadfurman | 09/24/09
Ah, the obscurity by numbers myth again...  UAC nanny screen | 09/25/09
Wising up...  linuxer | 09/26/09
Any OS can have a worm/virus  A Gray | 09/24/09
no way!  shadfurman | 09/24/09
Too much to Drink loverock?  Viva la crank dodo | 09/24/09
When?...we have been hearing that for years...  socialism=nowhere | 09/24/09
That's because  IT_User | 09/24/09
I agree, for now, the future of linux in in devices and servers (nt)  shadfurman | 09/24/09
Linux is growing, you can see its effects  jvin248 | 09/25/09
For Linux to experience...  bjbrock | 09/24/09
I don't want to alarm you...  cabdriverjim | 09/24/09
Excuses...excuses...excuses...  transposeIT | 09/24/09
Its not "bloated" per se..  JT82 | 09/24/09
Try Windows 7 (nt)  CobraA1 | 09/24/09
I did. I prefer Vista SP2  JT82 | 09/24/09
As an Ubuntu user ...  de-void | 09/24/09
Aero peek and snap werent that functional..  JT82 | 09/24/09
I love it.  CobraA1 | 09/24/09
And I say use whatever works..  JT82 | 09/24/09
humm  CobraA1 | 09/24/09
hmmmm....again  TtfnJohn | 09/26/09
The fact that you have to upgrade your OS' kernel ...  de-void | 09/24/09
You misunderstood...  JT82 | 09/24/09
"do a make" - there's your problem, right there.  de-void | 09/24/09
This is only because no one took the time to make a precompiled binary..  JT82 | 09/24/09
80% huh?  jasonp@... | 09/28/09
Loadable Modules and Dynamic Loading  eengnerd | 09/24/09
HAL is obsolete...  cabdriverjim | 09/24/09
You still don't understand monolithic vs modular, do you ?  magcomment | 09/24/09
Agree 100%  jasonp@... | 09/28/09
You obviously have never used Windows in a quite a while...  transposeIT | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
I'd go with Linux too.  storm14k | 09/24/09
Not really  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
How, when, where  IT_User | 09/24/09
I would say  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
As of this morning  IT_User | 09/24/09
Keywords:....  htotten | 09/24/09
Yeah, could be  IT_User | 09/24/09
And that is why IBM is not renewing it's  mjolnar@... | 09/24/09
I agree...  storm14k | 09/24/09
Too funny!  ITLeader | 09/24/09
Isn't this about Bloat?  SkaldedKat | 09/24/09
Go back to the help desk..the phones need manned.  JT82 | 09/24/09
What does Microsoft Windows have to do with this?  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
Less useful?  JT82 | 09/24/09
Linus irrelevant?  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
Irrelevant ? Bloat is only relative.  dimonic | 09/24/09
Loverock it 4 pm, its time you take your meds again  lightingrod | 09/24/09
trojans/viruses/malware/spyware just works - thanks MS  deaf_e_kate | 09/24/09
Wrong  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
Why is everyone else always wrong Loverock and  lightingrod | 09/24/09
Elementary, my dear Watson.  Lester Young | 09/25/09
So whats your benchmark for what is considered bloat?  Viva la crank dodo | 09/25/09
Um  jdbukis@... | 09/24/09
Thats true...but as another poster mentioned..  JT82 | 09/24/09
The help desk is closed ... Lovenuts, sorry Loverock  lightingrod | 09/24/09
My apologizes to John Goodman  maskman01 | 09/24/09
Most companies are envying Red Hat's bottom line.  peter_erskine@... | 09/24/09
Link is to The Register  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
How about Google Finance?  sgtrock111 | 09/24/09
Erm ... not quite  de-void | 09/24/09
Everyone has an oppinion  Li1t | 09/24/09
They do  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
But as usual..  JT82 | 09/24/09
Back up what?  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
and cue the ad hominem attacks  JT82 | 09/24/09
Its not an attack  Loverock Davidson | 09/24/09
Really?  Viva la crank dodo | 09/25/09
So, you have proved you know very little about  mjolnar@... | 09/24/09
Linux is not going away anytime soon!  mwagner@... | 09/24/09
Getting Scary and Bloated Different than "It is"! wink  i2fun@... | 09/24/09
I think many missed the point Linus was making...  LiquidLearner | 09/24/09
It simply is the founders early-warning call  JT82 | 09/24/09
Agreed  LiquidLearner | 09/24/09
I think you're right...  hmoulding@... | 09/24/09
Agree ...  George Mitchell | 09/25/09
This is fun, pass the popcorn! *NT*  mikefarinha | 09/24/09
The biggest problem I see with linux (distro)  kcredden2 | 09/24/09
Never mind the bloat just fix Ubuntu freezing.  a foot in both camps | 09/24/09
check out Ubuntu forums  tmsbrdrs | 09/24/09
"Features no one wants"???  rberman | 09/24/09
For some funny reason  magallanes | 09/24/09
Linux is just now reaching its potential  compusolver | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  darkmoonman | 09/24/09
Well, which?  raggi | 09/24/09
Kernel philosophy and bloat  rt@... | 09/24/09
This is natural progression...  apexwebmaster | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  eengnerd | 09/24/09
Precisely  de-void | 09/24/09
Sorry, Over 90% of drivers are already modules!  peter_erskine@... | 09/24/09
Idiot  Macintoshtoffy | 09/24/09
Linux Bloated  Budster1 | 09/24/09
Its easy, you just use it.  peter_erskine@... | 09/24/09
command line  tmsbrdrs | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  insanish1 | 09/24/09
Was this not inevitable?  josephmartins | 09/24/09
Good point - it happened to java.  peter_erskine@... | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  km4hr@... | 09/24/09
In theory  Graham Ellison | 09/24/09
What does BLOAT mean, anyway?  mwagner@... | 09/24/09
Move on to a new generation  raggi | 09/24/09
Why does that suck?  Lester Young | 09/25/09
So,,, Adding features & functions = bloat?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/24/09
Whitehurst and Torvalds are debating the kernel.  B.O.F.H. | 09/24/09
Yeah, and no one says the Windows kernel is bloated.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/24/09
Well, that's the crux of the issue...  Zogg | 09/24/09
RE: whatever floats your bloat  bearlyworking | 09/24/09
It's a bit bloated.  CobraA1 | 09/24/09
the lack of "bloat" is why I DON'T use linux regularly  shadfurman | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  The Rifleman | 09/24/09
Linux is clever for sure  pcguy777 | 09/24/09
technologies  bklooste | 09/24/09
Linux is dead in 5 years it doesnt matter  bklooste | 09/24/09
This has been predicted by many  Viva la crank dodo | 09/24/09
AND...  Kusuriya | 09/24/09
AND... "The Internet?"  Ole Man | 09/24/09
it's probably safe to say  bearlyworking | 09/25/09
Who is right.  Kusuriya | 09/24/09
Conditional Compilation is the Key  bgavin | 09/24/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  elderlybloke | 09/24/09
bloat  homeblend | 09/25/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  PeterPac | 09/25/09
I don't get it...  pwn0tr0n | 09/25/09
RE: Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat  Diane84 | 09/27/09

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