ITworld.com: Linux spreading rapidly in Latin America | Linux Today

ITworld.com: Linux spreading rapidly in Latin America

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 25, 2001

[ Thanks to Kathy for this link.
]

“Linux, like the Internet, exists beyond the United States,
Western Europe, and industrialized parts of Asia. The Linux OS has
taken hold wherever computer users desire freedom, and wherever
there is demand for inexpensive software. Latin America fits that
description perfectly; current projections from IDG indicate that
by 2003, 33 percent of computers in the region will be running
Linux.”

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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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