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| Part 0 of the Linux Newbie Administrator Guide | ||
0.7 "I don't believe in free software, etc."And
do you believe in the Internet? The Internet and Linux share underlying
ideas and have common roots. Do you remember the disbelief about the Internet
a few years ago, the endless, seemingly unbeatable arguments that free
Internet cannot exist? "Who pays for that, anyway?"
The reality is simple. Cooperation and good will can benefit many at the same time: your gain is not my loss. The Internet works fine and is expanding at a rapid pace. So does Linux. Here is the opinion of an IBM executive: "The reason we are so excited about Linux is we believe Linux can do for applications what the Internet did for networks" (http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08-17-001-04-PS-EL). IBM just (May 2002) spent 1 billion dollars making Linux run on all their hardware platforms (mainframes, workstations, PCs, laptops). Next > 0.8 "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch"
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