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    Kent Sharkey
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    Computerworld[^]:

    Linux is both the most popular operating system and a niche end-user OS. How can that be? Follow along, my friends, and I’ll tell you.

    And who is responsible?

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      Computerworld[^]:

      Linux is both the most popular operating system and a niche end-user OS. How can that be? Follow along, my friends, and I’ll tell you.

      And who is responsible?

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      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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      Kent Sharkey wrote:

      who is responsible?

      Balmer, I tell you! Balmer! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers!

      #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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        Kent Sharkey wrote:

        who is responsible?

        Balmer, I tell you! Balmer! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers!

        #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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        FIorian Schneidereit
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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:

        Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers! Programmers!

        Wait, wasn't it "Developers! Developers! Developers!"? Now Satya chimes in: "Cloud! Cloud! Cloud!" ... Hope it doesn't rain, I'd say. :D

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          Computerworld[^]:

          Linux is both the most popular operating system and a niche end-user OS. How can that be? Follow along, my friends, and I’ll tell you.

          And who is responsible?

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          Kent Sharkey wrote:

          And who is responsible?

          That's the beauty of it - no one person in the Linux dev community can be blamed for these problems, because they're all responsible.

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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          When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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            Kent Sharkey wrote:

            And who is responsible?

            That's the beauty of it - no one person in the Linux dev community can be blamed for these problems, because they're all responsible.

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
            -----
            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
            -----
            When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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            Kent Sharkey
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            With more eyes, all blame becomes shallow? :)

            TTFN - Kent

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