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November 03, 2004

Procrastination

InformationWeek ran an article on Steve Ballmer's explanation of how Windows is cheaper than Linux, which begins:

Which operating system, Linux or Windows, is cheaper, more secure, and lower risk? Countless hours have been spent debating the question...

With so many real problems in the world to solve, why do we spend countless hours debating generalizations such as these? Does the answer lie in a proclivity for procrastination? How much would putting things off explain?

Posted by Mark at November 3, 2004 07:55 AM