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Network World Today: There is some hope for Windows alternative

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 1999

Thanks to Matthew Wright
for this link.

“During the past few years, Unix has succeeded in recapturing
the eye of corporate IT departments. And Microsoft’s failure to
convince large-scale IT shops that Windows NT has the right stuff
seems to guarantee a future for non-Windows options. The continued
growth of Sun Microsystems and the grass-roots success of Linux
prove this theory, at least in the server OS market.”

“Linux has solved some of your problems, and it has solved some
of mine, too. But it will take more than Netscape Communicator and
WordPerfect for me to recommend pushing Linux onto the average
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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