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Re:We won the battle for Linux, but we're losing the battle ... by bigger_cheese on Thursday June 09, 2016 @06:51PM (#11872965)
The computer labs at my uni were Solaris workstations almost everyone hated them. I completed most of our assigned work using Linux on my home pc (along with a heap of other students in my class) this was in late 90's.

Everyone was buzzing about Linux. The general attitude was 'Why would you run Solaris when you could just run Linux'

Maybe in other segments Solaris was a 'big deal' but for students and developers Linux was a game changer.

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Re:We won the battle for Linux, but we're losing the battle ... by simonh on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:33AM (#11875047)
You are absolutely correct, Linux was a game changer. It deserves it's success. No argument there at all. That's not what we're talking about though. I don't believe Linux's success had any appreciable benefits for OS X. Linux came along far too late in the day to play that role.
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