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[News] GNU/Linux Wins Big in the Internet's Encyclopaedia

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Wikipedia simplifies IT infrastructure by moving to one Linux vendor

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| Since the free, online Wikipedia user-created encyclopedia began in 2001, the 
| Linux-based IT infrastructure behind it has been expanded and lassoed 
| together to keep up with the demands of the popular Web site.  
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9116787&intsrc=hm_list

Wikipedia standardizes servers on Ubuntu

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| The operator of the popular Wikipedia website has reportedly standardized its 
| 400 servers on Ubuntu. San Francisco based Wikimedia Foundation, which 
| employs five geographically distributed IT staff, and serves two million 
| pages daily, says the move will simplify server maintenance, according to a 
| report.     
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6069835429.html?kc=rss

"Monopoly raises two classes of problems for a free society. First, the
existence of monopoly means a limitation on voluntary exchange through a
reduction in the alternatives available to individuals. Second, the existence
of monopoly raises the issue of “social responsibility”, as it has come to be
called, of the monopolist."

                --Milton Friedman


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Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google

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| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
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