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    While there's not much that's more fun than stirring up Linux and Windows zealots into a frenzy of spite against each other, we thankfully finally seem to be approaching a more measured universe in which technology choices can be made based on suitability rather than preconception.

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    The next instalment of Windows will act as the cornerstone in Microsoft's ongoing battle with IBM and Linux.

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