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NewsForge: Voila! Workspot Linux is Instant and Portable “Magic”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 2003

“Workspot is an online Linux desktop. You go there in any
browser (java-enabled is better), login, and start up Red Hat Linux
within that browser. It is so cool, I really want it to be
something that people go for. I want it to succeed.

“I’m not so sure it can–but the guy who runs things at Workspot
is a believer. He’s reaching out to newbies, collaborators, and
‘mobile people.’

“CEO Greg Bryant started Workspot just before the dot-com boom
got big. He wanted it to be a ‘Hotmail-like web service’ that
instead of just providing email, provided a complete Linux
workstation that could be accessed from any Internet-enabled
computer…”

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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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