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TechWeb: Linux Founder Sees Software Price Crash

Computer software prices will crash when the need for
constant upgrades disappears, and this is only a matter of
time
, leading computer and software expert Linus Torvalds said
on Thursday.”

“There are already some signs of this beginning,” said Torvalds,
developer of the free operating system Linux. “[A crash] may come
three years from now…”

“Torvalds predicted that demand for customized software such as
Linux, which can be tailored to a client’s specifications, would
rise in the future.”

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