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CNET News.com: Caldera unveils user-friendly Linux

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Stephen Shankland
Apr 19, 1999

“Using an embrace-and-extend strategy, Caldera Systems wrote an
installation routine that starts within Windows, stays within a
graphical user interface, and lets the user back out and uninstall
Linux.”

“The result is a computer that can be set up to look like a
machine running Windows, Mac OS, or even BeOS.”

“More than half of Linux sales now are to people with no Linux
or Unix experience, Caldera Systems chief executive Ransome Love
said in a recent interview.”

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