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Newtown Bee: It’s here and getting stronger… Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 1999

“The ground shakes. A soft rumble is heard two valleys over. The
noise, although faint, steadily increases. An army is on the move.
Linus Torvalds, a 20s something Finn, leads a rag-tag determined
band of mad-as-hell unpaid volunteers. They are on the march.”

“This new confrontation is called the OS (operating system) War
for the Desktop. The opposing forces are Microsoft NT and
Linux.”

“Now, only the seriously geeky netsters have the patience and
fortitude to run it on their computers. However, Linux will
continue to be Microsoft’s constant toothache as we move into the
new century.”

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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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