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Open sourcing.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)

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| August 01, 2008 | Barmettler, Bill | COPYRIGHT 2008 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I get a kick out of your magazine and your mission. However, you continue to marginalize the open-source movement (such as Linux), recommending it only for basic tasks such as Web browsing and word processing ("Computers," June 2008). I'm throwing down the challenge: An article devoted to just open ...

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