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AFR: Linux deserves serious corporate contemplation

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 14, 1999

“How should business respond to the rise of Linux? One thing
is obvious: any enterprise that employs full time IT staff should
be telling them to get familiar with the alternative operating
system now. It is just too plausible to ignore…”

“But more than that, it is credible enough, even as a desktop
alternative to Windows, that it positively deserves support. If
Windows rules due to simple lack of interest in an alternative,
then it won’t be Microsoft that builds a monopoly; it will be
consumers that build it for them.”

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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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