“A new round of benchmark tests pits free-software hackers
against the gang from Redmond in a race for operating-system
supremacy.”
“Uncomfortable, strained, replete with icy glares — this was
not your typical industry get-together, with its hypocritical
politeness and warmed-over marketing hype. Instead, it was an
initial skirmish between determined opponents from opposite ends of
the computing-culture spectrum, circling each other like growling
dogs trying to decide whether to fight.”
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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