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Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Extremist Linux Advocates Hurt Their Cause

Heads up, Mac-heads. This applies to you too, of course. CRN has an interesting article about Linux extremists, who, get this, fire off angry emails every time they read something about their favorite OS that they don't approve of. "Industry watcher Rob Enderle no longer responds to angry e-mails from Linux supporters ... the anger and profanities that many of the missives contained began to wear on him ... Enderle's experience is part of a new phenomenon that has swept the upstart Linux operating system from feel-good, groundswell enthusiasm to an ugly environment of death threats and electronic terrorism from Woodstock to Altamont, if you will.

Increasingly, they say, the passion behind the operating system appeals to the disenfranchised, who see [their favorite OS] in quasi-political--'even quasi-religious'-- terms, but fail to comprehend the business and technical ideals behind it. As a result, they say, good technology is getting a bad rap."

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