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Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 14, 2006

“This week, after reading Scott Carpenter’s fun (yet a bit
scary) satire 5 ways to save on your monthly software rental bill
in the year 2056…, I felt like a fairytale ending. I was after
something sort of cool and utopian, where we’re all free and
enjoying ourselves. But, when I was speculating about what this
fairytale would entail, it brought me around to wondering…

“What will happen AFTER the year of Linux on the
desktop…?”

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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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