InfoWorld: Linux: Is it becoming a viable desktop alternative? | Linux Today

InfoWorld: Linux: Is it becoming a viable desktop alternative?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 1999

“At last week’s wildly successful, first-ever LinuxWorld Expo in
San Jose, Ca., Linux showed signs of being… an unstoppable force.
The enthusiasm for the platform was palpable from the thousands of
people who attended the event, and several I spoke with viewed it
as a turning point for the upstart operating system… most of the
energy was directed towards touting Linux as a robust server OS and
as a viable alternative to Windows NT and Windows 2000…”

“But along with the server-related issues, there was a strong
undercurrent of enthusiasm for Linux on the desktop…”


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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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