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1. Comment - Dell changes its Windows vs. Linux netbook strategy, plans new subsidized model

   (May 15, 2009 - 5:53 AM)

   @sturgess
   
   "Free" - as in "freedom". Not "cheap". "Free".
   That means a thousand eyes can spot the security loopholes and fix them. Linux has a security model which doesn't play nicely if you're a worm or a virus. Do you think there's much good comes of "crying to Bill" if you buy the proprietary system - will they pay you back money stolen from your account due to shoddy security in their operating system ? I very much doubt it.
   
   The "quality" option is the one developed, re-engineered over the years, openly and honestly by computer scientists who just want the stuff to work for them. Not the one engineered behind closed doors to make the Marketing department happy.
   
   If you think Linux is a poorer quality option, you don't know enough about computers to have a valid opinion.