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BBC News: Gnome is no Windows dwarf

Thanks to Bob Koblish for
this link.

“Windows 98 may still dominate the software shelves in computer
stores, but it has been joined by a new operating system which
could loosen Microsoft’s stranglehold on the market.

“Windows is installed on 95% of the world’s PCs, but its new
challenger Gnome is being developed and distributed globally by
more than 250 programmers supporting a free software movement.”

“It is being bundled with the the Linux operating system, but is
amied [sic] at consumers who would be put off by Linux’s
command-line environment…”


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