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Boston Globe: Linux Finds Its Place

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 1999

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this link. ]

“Most of the thousands of visitors to the LinuxWorld Conference
& Expo here are serious computer users looking for software to
solve real-world business and technical problems. And many of them
think they’ve found the answer in Linux – an upstart operating
system that was virtually unknown just a couple of years ago but
now poses a serious threat to the near monopoly in desktop
computing software held by Microsoft Corp.”

“… the talk of the show is the astonishing runup in the
value of shares in Red Hat Software Inc., a leading Linux
provider.”


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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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