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O’Reilly SysAdmin: Not Yet

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 20, 2006

“As a Linux advocate or should we say a bigot, I recently
correlated enough of a survey to recognize that the Linux community
has not arrived fully. Of course, if you want to discuss the issue
of arriving, you also have to define the destination. I have a
reference for meeting the goal and that came from Linus Torvald’s
speech in March 1999 in San Jose when he uttered the words ‘world
domination.’

“Then, I also have my own itinerary. At one time, I felt angry
toward and betrayed by Microsoft. So, during the Justice
Department’s anti-trust suit, I had hope that the Redmond gang
would meet with a break up. Someone dashed my hopes after George
Bush’s assumption of office in 2001. That’s a little off
topic…”

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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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