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[fbxxkl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (KyleL)]

Greg Rundlett-7 wrote:
> 
> 
> The idea that business is all about making the most amount of money
> for the least amount of effort is what is wrong with America.   This
> is one of the things that has to change.  I don't know how, except to
> imagine that greater transparency could lead to greater accountability
> in an ethical sense. Businesses need to be more like people - honest,
> fair, co-operative, humble.  This is way off-topic perhaps.  Or, it is
> exactly why so many people are interested in Technology Freedom (FOSS)
> -- because it is honest, fair, co-operative and humble.
> 
> 

Hi, I am new here my name is Kyle and after some searching on the web I
found this group. I am local to Boston and new to the Linux platform.

 I thought I would respond. 

I think what your saying here would be wonderful if it was true.  Sadly not
everyone is fair and honest.  That is why we had the market crash, greed on
every level of the system created a  problem(specifically the housing
market).  That is not to say that there are good people out there but you
can not expect it.

With regard to the general standing of what the article was about, I think
from an IT standpoint Microsoft is the best thing that has happened, it's
basically the only reason I have work I am constantly out fixing MS issues. 
I don't know much about Linux (yet) but as a general IT student and user
almost everything we do is based on Windows and I think what he said about
them owning the market is true and probably won't change. On top of that
Linux can seem somewhat of a daunting task to learn, even though it has
become more user friendly considering Ubuntu.

Back to what Whitehurst said, even the cloud based system isn't perfect. 
>From a network security standpoint, you could potentially be putting secure
data out on the web.  So desktop to desktop production inside a network is
(IMO) more secure.  Thus MS still holds the title.

Its my opinion that desktops as a whole are not going anywhere and MS will
be on top for better or worse.

I am not sure if I hit the right points but this what this article and your
feedback has pointed out to me.
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