The Age: Hackers have Gates on the run | Linux Today

The Age: Hackers have Gates on the run

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 1999

Thanks to Shagger for
this link.

“The battle for your computer’s hard drive is shaping up to be a
contest between the mighty empire of Bill Gates and a loose cadre
of devoted hackers.”

“If Torvalds succeeds, computers and software will be cheaper,
less likely to crash and generally better, the system’s advocates
claim. Microsoft’s Windows is not the only software in the hackers’
sights. The process used to create Linux can and is being used
across the software spectrum. At risk is the revenue from every
software program Microsoft sells, including its hugely profitable
Office range of programs used by business.”

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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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