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Editorial: Open Source is Not About Love
Apr 14, 2008, 20 :15 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (2472 reads)

"I'll have to start by invoking the Evil before trying to prove that nowadays there is a severe lack of direction in whatever concerns the open-source desktop.

"Here's Gartner explaining why Windows is broken. I will only quote a very limited amount of text, because it's enough by far: 'Microsoft's operating system (OS) development times are too long and they deliver limited innovation; their OSs provide an inconsistent experience between platforms, with significant compatibility issues; and other vendors are out-innovating Microsoft. That gives enterprises unpredictable releases with limited value, management costs that are too high, and new releases that break too many apps and take too long to test and adopt...'"

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