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CNN: Wynn, Linux and women

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 22, 1999

“Red Hat/Linux: Bill Gates worries his Microsoft empire could be
toppled by the next ‘big idea’ hatched in a garage. Or, perhaps, in
a college dorm.
Meet Linus Torvalds. As a 21-year-old student in Finland, he
dreamed up Linux, an alternative operating system for personal
computers. And unlike Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating
system, you can get it free of charge from a company called Red
Hat.
So how do they make money from a free product? And why does the
number of Linux users keep doubling every year?”

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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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