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SiliconValley.internet.com: Fiorina Woos The Linux Faithful at LWE

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2002

“Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) CEO Carly Fiorina Wednesday turned
to the pulpit of open source and preached a perfect penguin world
with the help of her vision of a merged HP and Compaq.

“In her keynote address to the Linux faithful at the LinuxWorld
Conference and Expo in New York, Fiorina acknowledged the crowd as
pioneers and innovators who accelerated the idea of Linux and
turned it into an undeniable force.

“‘A decade ago, this conference couldn’t have happened because
this movement literally didn’t exist,’ says Fiorina. ‘But here we
all are – challenging conventional wisdom and changing the world
all at the same time.’…”


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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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