“I first learned of Linux back in 1992/93, when I began my
masters program in mechanical engineering at the university. Linux
was not for everybody. At that time, perhaps one out of 400 ran
Linux instead of the usual Windows 3.1 (OS/2 was also an option in
those days). One of my fellow students was using Slackware. Ever
since that time, I have kept an eye on the exploits and evolution
of Linux, through magazines and a couple of books on Linux.“When Microsoft announced that it would no longer continue
updating Windows 98, warning lamps began flashing in my head. What
about security? I did not feel like buying a modern Windows release
just to be able to keep my old PC running…”
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