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ComputerWorld: SCO’s Michels Blasts ‘Punk Kids’ Linux’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 27, 1999

“Linux is a religion. It’s like considering the Catholic Church
a competitor. I’m not a religion; I’m a commercial operating
system.

“Companies like Red Hat … take Linux technology with a lot
less value added, and they package it up and say, “Hey, this is
better than SCO.” Well, it isn’t. And very few customers are buying
that story.

“… Linux didn’t break any new ground… So now we’ve got some
punk young kids who’ve taken and engineered pieces around the Unix
[kernel]…”

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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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