Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-2 You Have Just Been Hired

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Critical Thinking Questions Case 9-2 You have just been hired as the computer administrator for a brand-new startup company and your first task is to select the desktop operating system that you will suggest to the head of the IT team as the one you recommend for the office. The company would like to make sure that the operating system used on its desktops is open source because it believes strongly in the philosophy of this kind of OS. Which of the following is an option for you in light of this recommendation?

• A) Mac OS X
• B) Linux
• C) Windows 8
• D) UNIX

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