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Daemon News: It’s not just for breakfast anymore

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 1999

“If you have ever wondered: Hey, why doesn’t some sharp
corporation use BSD or Linux as one of their default operating
systems, you can stop wondering.

“SGI is nearing completion of the development of its
Merced-based multi-CPU box with Linux.”

“Like Florida orange juice, for which countless ads proclaim
that “it isn’t just for breakfast anymore,” the open source Unix
model isn’t just for PCs any longer.”

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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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