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Salon Magazine: Slate slags Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 29, 1999

Thanks to Judge for this
link.

“Now that every other publication in the media universe has
chimed in with its two bits about Linux, the operating system that
just won’t shut up, along comes Slate.”

“But there’s a larger problem with Slate’s coverage. Although it
chose to run two separate pieces on Linux, both said essentially
the same thing: Linux is hard to install, and isn’t an adequate
desktop substitute for the average user. True enough — I’ve said
so myself, and so have a lot of other people.”

Complete
Story

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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