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CBS MarketWatch: 1999 in review, Top Ten Stories

“6. Linux mania”

When it burst onto the scene a couple years ago as a
rebellion against Windows and other established operating systems
for computers, the Linux “open-source” movement of code-sharing
probably seemed a bit obscure to most investors. That changed
really fast this year
, and all it took was a few
history-making initial public offerings of so-called Linux
plays….”


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