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  • Linux fragmentation: good or bad?

    Linux fragmentation: good or bad?

    Everyone and their brother can make an Android device, which means that Android is outselling the iPhone. But as some of the comments on John's post point out, device proliferation leads to consumer angst in trying to find the right device to purchase. The same phenomenon has been happening in the Linux market for ages, with consumers trying to figure out whether they need or want Fedora or Ubuntu or OpenSUSE. Fragmentation is a problem, when you look at things in this context; but is the Linux market really that fragmented? Jim Zemlin, Executive Director at the Linux Foundation doesn't think so.

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  • Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Although John Gruber is an avowed masticator, I do enjoy his take on issues dealing with and pertaining to technology. To wit: his take on Chrome OS which, in a few paragraphs, boils down the entire argument to "We don't know enough yet to decide but things look interesting, although it seems like it might be a certain form of vaporware."

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