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32BitsOnline: A look at the Linux Market: Survival of the Fittest

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 17, 2000

Over the past year, the Linux market has undergone massive
changes – changes that will forever define how enterprise customers
perceive the operating system and how it failed to make a dent on
Microsoft’s desktop market.

“In a bet that has surely put Corel in the intensive care room,
and cost Corel’s founder Dr. Michael Cowpland his job, Corel has
been shopping around for a suitor. Corel has flatly denied these
rumors and reports by other major news media as unfounded.”

“I personally applaud Corel for its bold move into the Linux
space, and thereby becoming the first large company to give Linux a
chance. Linux has come a long way. It has moved from being a geek
and research curiosity by academics to become a viable solution
against Sun Solaris, SCO UNIX and even Windows NT.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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