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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (20076)	4/8/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) of 74651

I have found some good freeware in my cpu life but I never use it after a few months. The test of a product is someone willing to pay for it. No. The test is someone willing to use it. Linux is clearly a case of freeware good enough that many people are willing to use it -- good enough that people are even willing to pay for it when payment includes support, documentation, and setup utilities. When NT 4 was released, Microsoft touted its extraordinary adoption rate as a sign that it is a great OS ready to take its place in any business. The same rules should apply now for the OS with the highest adoption rate. That would be Linux. (Rate does not equal raw number. NT is adopted at a slower rate but by more seats than paid-for Linux.) I'm not trying to say that it's going to replace NT anytime soon, but only that the marketplace has spoken and it's saying Linux is a good alternative in some cases.

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