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Seattle Weekly: World without Microsoft

Ever wonder why Linux doesn’t have stronger representation in
Washington State? You won’t after reading this Seattle
Weekly
feature.

“A 1996 economic impact study… estimated that every Microsoft
job supported 3.4 more jobs in Washington state… Microsoft–and
Microsoft alone–kept King County out of a recession in
1993…”

“KISS GOODBYE all the Microsoft-spawned tech firms… Wave
bye-bye to low tech, too: Paul Allen’s new Seahawks stadium, his
Union Square project, and his Experience Music Project…”

Complete
story
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