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The Inquirer: Taiwan Government Gives Linux a Big Boost

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 27, 2002

[ Thanks to Wol for this
link. ]

“We’ve covered a continuous battle on the island of Taiwan
between Microsoft software and Linux during this year, but now it
seems the Taiwanese government will step in.

“And on the side of Linux, rather than Microsoft.

“Today’s Economic News claims that the Ministry of
Economic Affairs will put money into 100 companies in a bid to
produce a raft of Linux software over the next five years…”

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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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