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OSNews: Editorial: The Boring State of Operating Systems Today

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 2005

“When I joined OSNews in 2001, I did it with a great excitment
because of my love for… messing around with many operating
systems in order to explore news ways of doing things. Back in the
’80s and the ’90s there were a lot of OS projects that would draw
the attention of the computer users of the time. But in this
decade, it seems that other than Windows, OSX, Linux and a very few
other much smaller OSes, the scene is sterile. And it’s only
getting worse.

“Personally, I just can’t stand anymore the endless debates
between the Linux, Windows and Mac users. It’s getting old, it’s
getting boring…”

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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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