Independent: Milestones on the Road Ahead Without Microsoft | Linux Today

Independent: Milestones on the Road Ahead Without Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 16, 1998

The recently released Linux Office Suite (www.suse.com) is the first comprehensive
office productivity package based on open-source code.

The second important event of the week was an announcement from
Sun Microsystems, indicating its intention to include a new version
of Linux on its workstations and servers.

The road away from Microsoft and proprietary software, and
toward open-source code, has been long in the making.

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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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