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Linux Mindshare: Getting inside the buyer's head
Jan. 30, 2003

In this guest column at DesktopLinux.com, former SCO evangelist and Samba.org team leader John H. Terpstra weighs in on what is needed to win the consumer in the bid for Linux on the backend and desktop. Terpstra argues that emphasis on open standards and what Linux can offer an organization is a powerful message that is often mired down in arguments about TCO and other contrasts that often don't add up in a straight line comparison of Microsoft versus Linux. Terpstra sets the record straight and offers some food for thought . . .


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