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Open Source will Rule!
The Linux User Group that I go to in my friend Bernie's parents' basement takes great exception to the following statement in the article:

"A common complaint regarding open source is the lack of a reliable source of assistance when you encounter problems in an open source product."

Well, duh! If you can't compile your own kernel and build your own distro WE DONT WANT YOU! People that are technologically-challenged should switch to MacOS (not Windows XP(Xtra Problems)) and the rest of us that comprise the 'elite' should use Linux, the PERFECT OS with ONLY Open Source apps and NO proprietary apps!

Down with M$! Praise Linux! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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Open Source will Rule!  LinuxLover74 | 05/12/04
There's a BOGGER hanging out of your Nose!  Da-Man | 05/12/04
Scary  OhMyGosh | 05/12/04
that'll be the Microsoft "Wagg-Edd" Linux user group, then ...  jellyclock | 05/12/04
Okay, I think we've heard enough of those comments already.  Linux_Developer | 05/12/04
If the aluminum-foil-hat fits -  quietLee | 05/12/04
but... in all honesty,  ryusen | 05/12/04
Bravo-- Good on ya  Squawkbox | 05/12/04
Shut-up  Linux User 147560 | 05/12/04
If you are trying to immitate Mike Cox  wploger | 05/12/04
you, vily, jelly, spam-zd, and a few others...  eLurker | 05/12/04
for...  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
More wit(less) words from MS sheep needing total domination  Spam-ZD | 05/13/04
you are...  eLurker | 05/14/04
you spelled "l33t" wrong (NT) *grin*  ryusen | 05/12/04
ROFL! (nt)  LinuxLover74 | 05/13/04
Marketing 101  amicus_curious | 05/12/04
John Carol is the one that needs Marketing 101  DonnieBoy | 05/15/04
Both are needed  nucrash | 05/12/04
You forget something  avilensk1966@... | 05/12/04
Regarding compatibility  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
The varying philosophies  Linux_Developer | 05/12/04
The Contradictory Positions of OSS  P. Douglas | 05/12/04
Do You Really Know What You Are Talking About?  serpentmage | 05/12/04
politics  eLurker | 05/12/04
Most countries in this world ARE liberal and socialist! NOT  Ardian Daka | 05/12/04
May most 1st world countries then  voska | 05/12/04
True ...  Ardian Daka | 05/13/04
not sure...  ryusen | 05/13/04
You ae incorrect  Linux User 147560 | 05/12/04
What are thes "most lucrative software markets"?  j.m.galvin | 05/12/04
Which is pursuer  IT_User | 05/12/04
just a quick comment  ryusen | 05/12/04
Not so  NemesisNL | 05/13/04
You Have Joined the MonoLith  serpentmage | 05/12/04
More Blarney from Ireland  j.m.galvin | 05/12/04
Stuff  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/12/04
Source code counts as documentation (for developers)  oldskool | 05/13/04
In case you don't get the point, you can not build Windows in the field  oldskool | 05/13/04
In case you don't get the point, you can not build Windows in the field  seosamh_z | 05/14/04
then why do the big IT users all buy OS source licenses?  oldskool | 05/17/04
Source code counts as documentation (for developers)  seosamh_z | 05/14/04
"upgrade treadmill" intentionally limits value...  Tim Patterson | 05/12/04
Not true  amicus_curious | 05/12/04
As amicus said  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
Proprietary vs. Open Source (Score: 5 - Insightful)  solprovider | 05/12/04
Searching MSDN  toadlife | 05/12/04
One point not mentioned.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
posting is excellent  crocd | 05/12/04
Wow Bit!  Tim Patterson | 05/12/04
Very Interesting.  Patrick Jones | 05/12/04
Almost right  John L. Ries | 05/13/04
I think you night mean Linux as opposed to Open Source  j.m.galvin | 05/12/04
Correct  toadlife | 05/12/04
I agree MORE  j.m.galvin | 05/12/04
Typical MS sponsored FUD  Spam-ZD | 05/13/04
How to spot a Linux fanboy  toadlife | 05/13/04
How to spot a Microsoft shill (yes, "shill")  Linux_Developer | 05/14/04
Ironic  toadlife | 05/14/04
This is a bit late, but...  Linux_Developer | 06/08/04
definition of shill  eLurker | 05/14/04
Check out Google Dictionary.  Linux_Developer | 06/08/04
Let me rephrase myself.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
And let me join this trip down memory lane  IT_User | 05/12/04
Excellent Points  wploger | 05/12/04
who hijacked your nic? (nt)  eLurker | 05/12/04
Exactly..this is NOT Bittie  Jeff Spicoli | 05/12/04
Just goes to show  rapson | 05/12/04
Yes, no and maybe sort of...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
re: focus  ryusen | 05/12/04
Actually in refernce to oil and steel  voska | 05/12/04
Here we go again  rapson | 05/12/04
Thanks for the good words to all replies.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
If only you were the real Bittie..  Jeff Spicoli | 05/12/04
How would you answer yourself.  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
Interesting, but yet...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
Don't you remember?  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
Static thinking.  Tim Patterson | 05/14/04
*clap clap*  ryusen | 05/12/04
Open Source predates Microsoft, it even predates Gates!  oldskool | 05/13/04
Dartmouth?  IT_User | 05/13/04
yup BASIC was DARTMOUTH, and MS charged for it without paying royalties  oldskool | 05/17/04
Regarding "monopolies"  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
However John...  Tim Patterson | 05/13/04
Maybe you shouldn't tell them.  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
Good point  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/14/04
Gates figured this out as well  Mark Miller | 05/16/04
If there were no monopoly...  StorageGuru | 05/13/04
Unlikely  IT_User | 05/13/04
OSS and proprietory software  crocd | 05/12/04
What's the big deal?  IT_User | 05/12/04
But, you are restricting your view to business use.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
Admittedly  IT_User | 05/12/04
I didn't mean it as a negative.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
I'm just the opposite..  Patrick Jones | 05/12/04
And I see opportunities everywhere in the home.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
All I can say is Games,Communications AND TV  voska | 05/14/04
More  IT_User | 05/12/04
TiVo  Robert Crocker | 05/16/04
Hypothesis to consider  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
All depends on the community.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/12/04
Good to see you back  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
Not exactly new news  IT_User | 05/12/04
Hmm, hair trigger  IT_User | 05/12/04
Rumors of Microsoft's death greatly exaggerated.  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
To Anton: collateral damage  rapson | 05/13/04
Rumors of Microsoft's death are irrelevant  IT_User | 05/13/04
To Carl: Battle is also collateral  IT_User | 05/13/04
IT User: Okay, that I can accept  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
Carl: Linux and Unix have the same weakness.  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
Open Souce is more likely to innovate  voska | 05/12/04
Respectfully, I disagree  IT_User | 05/12/04
I agree with what you saying except for one thing  voska | 05/13/04
Proprietary open source  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
I've said this too many times...  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
But it's such an OLD joke  IT_User | 05/12/04
Just Abbot to someone's Costello.  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
For collectors of antiquities  Anton Philidor | 05/12/04
Yes, a semi-poetic justice...  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
Windows Victorious in India!!!  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
LOL, now that's funny  voska | 05/14/04
Just when you thought nothing could be added...  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
some points:  ryusen | 05/12/04
Re: some points  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
re:  ryusen | 05/13/04
Must post later  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/12/04
IIt's healthy....  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
Wow!  KOS-MOS | 05/12/04
Humbug... (pardon me ofr seeming ascerbic)  John Le'Brecage | 05/12/04
A fiction fan!  oldskool | 05/13/04
Only half way through the series and you have lost the audience  oldskool | 05/13/04
Have to agree with your compelling argument.  Anton Philidor | 05/13/04
Carroll, why do you confuse the issues so thoroughly?  oldskool | 05/13/04
crappy forum SW, bad innovation! Reformatted post!  oldskool | 05/13/04
curse you ZDNet  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
Okay, let's try this again...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/13/04
a few points of divergence  oldskool | 05/13/04
Define sucessful  voska | 05/14/04
Great piece!  ejhonda | 05/13/04
You may be too young to read this  pointecoupee | 05/13/04
Most of the Linux programmers are not "ghosts"  j.m.galvin | 05/13/04
You drank too much kool-aid, Mr. Wizard!  oldskool | 05/13/04
Open Source can't stand...  Sniper_z | 05/13/04
Capitalism versus Disruptive Technologies  Robert Crocker | 05/13/04
Collaborativesource.org  scroisier | 05/14/04
Better documented API droning  pj-xmesh | 05/14/04
open sourced  V Sanders | 05/15/04
Ah, the "volunteer" meme  Robert Crocker | 05/16/04
Couldn't have said it better myself...  Mark Miller | 05/16/04
Faulty logic yet again John  Fred Fredrickson | 05/16/04
True Key Metric is Cost:Benefit Ratio of an "Innovation"  escoles@... | 05/17/04
RE: Proprietary vs. open source  duronh | 09/26/08

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