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Ex-Microsoftie says: Linux spells doom for Windows 7

By Network World Staff, Network World, 10/28/2009
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A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft, but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After the Software Wars, explains why he thinks Windows 7 won’t stop Linux from certain domination. He says that Microsoft and its customers would be better off if the company instead concentrated on an open source operating system, Microsoft Linux. (25:36)

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