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LinuxWorld: Dawn of Darwin

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 1999

“Apple Computer Inc. today embraced the open source software
movement with the launch of Darwin, the open source release of its
Mac OS X Server operating system.”

“We think this is a path to build the most secure operating
system and the most robust operating system in the shortest amount
of time,” said Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs at a press
conference at the company’s Cupertino headquarters this morning. He
also called Mac OS X “Apple’s first modern server operating system
we’ve ever shipped.”


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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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