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CNET News.com: TurboLinux, NEC ink Linux deal

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 23, 1999

“TurboLinux today inked a deal with NEC to provide technical
support for the Linux operating system.”

“Under the agreement, TurboLinux, one of the major sellers
of the Linux operating system, will provide back-end support for
all of NEC’s computer hardware systems and servers that run on
Linux
, the two companies said in a statement. In turn,
Japan-based NEC said it will use TurboLinux engineers and have
access to a complete Linux support database in Asia for bug fixes,
troubleshooting and security information.”


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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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