Dallas Morning News: 1st Person: Linus Torvalds | Linux Today

Dallas Morning News: 1st Person: Linus Torvalds

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 5, 1999

The local Dallas newspaper has researched Linus Torvalds’ and
shows this information in a nicely presented article.

“It is the fastest-growing operating system in the world. From
1998 to 1999, its market share increased by 212 percent. Its users
are primarily Internet service providers, software developers, Web
sites, universities and, now, large corporations. It is slowly
beginning to show up on desktop computers.”

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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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