AME Info: Is Linux the Biggest Thing Since the Internet?

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"The Linux operating system has many things in common with the Internet when it took off in the mid-1990s.

"First, the system is free to the user. Secondly, there is a universal standard. And third the cost reduction possibilities are enormous.

"For in the space of five years the open source Linux operating system has moved from being an academic interest to become the world’s fastest growing operating system for government, enterprises and small and medium sized businesses..."

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