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Linux Journal: Eat a Peach: The Atlanta Linux Showcase

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 1999

“One of the things about Linux that non-users like to talk
about is the lack of “true business applications.” Well, the show
floor here at the Atlanta Linux Showcase sure doesn’t look that
way.”

“Open Sales has a marketing solution called OpenMerchant that
actually works, running on every variety of Linux I can think of…
it’s open source e-commerce software!”

“Hummingbird’s latest release of Exceed and its various NFS
products all include support for Linux and, thus, the ability to
use them to access Linux hosts in an organization’s heterogenous
network.”

“RAVE Systems and Bell Microproducts are marketing Linux systems
on ultra-SPARC processors… This really brings Linux into the
“heavy-duty” world.”

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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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