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TechWeb: The top stories to expect in 1999

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 26, 1998
  1. Voice Over IP Hits Enterprise
  2. Microsoft Trial Ends; Government Splits Company
  3. Microsoft Releases Linux Software

    “If you can’t crush ’em, embrace ’em. That will be the motto
    adopted next year by Microsoft, as the company decides to accept
    the threat from the Linux operating system on its own terms.”

  4. Apple Hires A CEO
  5. Y2K Hysteria Yields To Pandemonium

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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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