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The Register: Questar Courts Bloody-Nosed Linux Wannabes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 17, 2005

“If you live in Europe are looking to get your grubby hands on a
copy of the Linspire operating system, then Questar is at your
service.

“The small company based in Milan has been operating as a type
of virtual subsidiary for US software makers since 1993. Of late,
Questar has focused on creating different versions of Linspire
localized for several countries. The company’s CEO David Orban is
hoping that Linspire will appeal to a group of European wannabe
geeks…”

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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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