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Novell Upbeat as Linux Catches on in China

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2007

“Steve Ballmer at Microsoft can be quite eccentric at
times–although in fairness he is apparently an unassuming family
man who is a decent cove–and the mention of the operating system
Linux makes him come over strange.

“The problem is Linux is mainly free and Linux works on personal
computers. Works quite well. In fact, a lot better than the
original version of Microsoft Vista which was as slow as Annie, the
asthmatic ant with a heavy load of shopping. It has improved but
much remains to be done…”


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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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