I thought this quote was noteworthy.
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CERN knows building end-user software won't be easy. "While the Microsoft Alternatives project is ambitious, it's also a unique opportunity for CERN to demonstrate that building core services can be done without vendor and data lock-in, that the next generation of services can be tailored to the community's needs," Ormancey concluded,
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Although they freely admit that leaving the world of Windows is ambitious, there is computing life besides Windows. Linux is leading the way for open-source software and alternatives for Windows.
