PC Magazine says Red Hat Linux Deluxe #8 in Top Selling Retail Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 29, 1999

Marty writes: Just
received my PC Magazine in the mail. And on page 10 of the
magazine, they show the top 10 pieces of software sold by volume.
According to their source, PC Data for January 1999, Red Hat Linux
Deluxe was Number 8.

This appears in the print edition, and hasn’t been located
online yet. -lt ed

Marty adds:

Here is the list as requested…

1. MS Windos ’98 upgrade
2. Norton Antivirus 5.0
3. Norton System Works
4. MS Plus ’98
5. VirusScan 4.0 Classic
6. pcAnywhere Host/Remote
7. MS Office Professional Upgrade
8. Red Hat Linux Deluxe
9. MS Office 97 Upgrade
10. WinFax PRO 9.0

Hope that this is informative.

Marty.

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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