PC World: Microsoft, Google to Battle for Geek Crown | Linux Today

PC World: Microsoft, Google to Battle for Geek Crown

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 3, 2005

“As the industry war between Microsoft and Google begins to
boil, representatives from the two companies plan to duke it out in
less serious fashion at the upcoming Linuxworld show in San
Francisco.

“At the Golden Penguin Bowl, scheduled for Tuesday, August 8 at
the Linuxworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, executives
from Google and Microsoft will compete in a trivia game show, an
annual event at the show that is often characterized by ‘funny
costumes’ and cheeky humor, said Dave Rosenberg, an independent
marketing consultant in San Francisco who developed content for the
conference and its Web site…”

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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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