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    #41
    Originally posted by bogeyman
    Perhaps the day of the web appliance is finally here. An embedded Linux would be a good choice for such a device.
    The network is the computer. Finally.

    Or as Ken Olsen of DEC said, why would anyone want a computer of their own?
    God made men. Sam Colt made them equal.

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      #42
      Originally posted by DimPrawn
      What makes me laugh is the belief that Linux has any place in a modern IT world other than as a faceless low end server.
      Your belief is misguided!

      I see that the Tories are now making moves to get behind Open Source

      http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do...&obj_id=135394
      Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!

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