BW: Linux Goes Public During Week of ‘Demo Days

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 19, 1999

“SuSE Inc. and Partners Provide Support to 50 User Groups

“Like all things Linux, this one started out casually and
informally and grew into a major project.”

“Still being run by a few organizers and volunteer staff, the
event now involves 137 groups of Linux enthusiasts (called Linux
User Groups or LUGs) worldwide, all planning to stage public demos
of the open source operating system that receives so much publicity
these days as an alternative to MS-DOS.”

” Groups were planning events for the week of September 12-19 in
various malls, schools, and workplaces.”


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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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