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Christian Science Monitor: Keeping computing’s FUD factor at bay

“So Richard Stallman decided to create an “open source” version
of the Unix operating system that anyone could modify. His Free
Software Foundation never did get a full Unix out, but they
developed several major programs and pioneered the concept of open
source. It fell to Linus Torvalds this decade to create Linux.
Working with a worldwide network of volunteers, Torvalds created a
full-fledged open-source version of Unix. Now anyone can download
the sources, fix bugs, or add enhancements.”

This article heavily praises Linux and discusses Microsoft’s
planned tactics against it.

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