Is there really a ‘relationship’ between Linux and Windows?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Dec 7, 2008 12:19 PM EDT
Tech Republic; By Selena Frye
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I read a longish post from Linux Canuck, “How Windows Users are Changing Linux and What We Should Do About It,” which attempts to sum up a lot of the issues that have been discussed at length here. The gist of the post is that, as former Windows users wander over to explore Linux, they bring their own Windows prejudices and expectations with them, and that the accommodating Linux community tries to make them feel “at home.” Canuck wonders — is the Linux community in danger of being too accommodating — to the point that it attempts to be more Windows-like and loses its own identity?

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