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> Sorry to upset your narrow world but Open
> Source is the future and Windows monolithic
> Server [...]

Open Source has been the future since at least 1995, when I got my first Debian and later on Red Hat distros. It has been future for no less than 15 years, and it's still there. It's like the horizon - the closer you get to it, the further it gets. That specifically applies to the desktop distros. The server distros have managed to establish their presence in the enterprises, and benchmark numbers justify respect for them.

As for the Windows Server called "monolithic", someone missed the last few years of Windows Server technology development. Perhaps that someone was too busy compiling and recompiling customized builds of the kernel until "kernel panic" message no longer appeared during booting... just poking fun.
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The innovation going on in the Linux kernel is simply amazing!  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
I agree  Richard Flude | 06/15/09
yet another useless file system  directory | 06/15/09
But but but!  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
If by kernel you mean "kernel source"  Michael Kelly | 06/15/09
If I didn't have some sense of decency.  nucrash | 06/15/09
So how's WinFS working out for you?  zkiwi | 06/15/09
The ignorance of the windows fanboy  Richard Flude | 06/15/09
Useless file system? Aw... come on....!  bedswerver | 06/16/09
Typical Linux  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Too funny.....  Christian_<>< | 06/15/09
Even funnier...  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Why do you assume...  storm14k | 06/15/09
Wow way to miss the point entirely.  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Too funny  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 08/30/09
And apple likely licensed the exchange part  xXSpeedzXx | 06/15/09
See, when you have a product  frgough | 06/15/09
You're information is wrong.  Socratesfoot | 06/15/09
Who registers Linux to begin with?  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Won't happen until someone finds a way to make  frgough | 06/15/09
Maybe someone should then.  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
It doesn't need to happen....  storm14k | 06/15/09
"Apple got it right"  step69 | 06/15/09
I was referring to the Exchange support.  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
1% of what market ?  Alan Smithie | 06/15/09
The desktop market.  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Well, Linux IS doing the right thing for the server, embedded, mobile,  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
I'll agree fully with you on that point with one exception  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Unix/Linux dominate the excitement in the smart phone market  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
Incorrect...  storm14k | 06/15/09
I'd be quiet about the mobile market...  storm14k | 06/15/09
Actually, Linux on the server side is growing fast. The ONLY massive use of  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
Much later, if ever... [nt]  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
The really good thing about Linux for Windows users is that it has forced  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
While you're correct on your point...  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Apple is another unix like kernel that does quite well on the desktop.  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
Also, Apple is NOT puting any price pressure on MS, and for netbooks, it  DonnieBoy | 06/15/09
Linux has been second in mobile/smartphones since '04~'05  LazLong | 06/15/09
This is 2009, not 2005  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
@jmiller, I Stand corrected, Yet '09 numbers are not out yet.  LazLong | 06/15/09
RE:Typical Linux  step69 | 06/15/09
The linux based equivalent to MS Exchange  Ole Man | 06/15/09
Why worry about Exchange?  storm14k | 06/15/09
When Hardware and Requirements Change then I Change the Software...  BanjoPaterson | 06/15/09
RE: New Linux kernel adds file-system support  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
Well that's not fair.  jmiller1978 | 06/15/09
Sure it is  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
If you're going to lie, at least make them big lies...  zkiwi | 06/15/09
RE:Sure it is  step69 | 06/15/09
Then...  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
MODERN LINUX  step69 | 06/15/09
Stop right there  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
Lost Cause  step69 | 06/15/09
Nonsense  Loverock Davidson | 06/15/09
M$  step69 | 06/15/09
Don't challange him/her like that!  B.O.F.H. | 06/15/09
RE: New Linux kernel adds file-system support  the good man | 06/16/09

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