The Times (UK): Amused with Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 18, 1999

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“The Queen has just become the latest and most prominent
supporter of Linux,
the “free” Open Source version of the Unix
computer operating system.

“The Open Source software movement in general, and Linux in
particular, has many famous supporters, but now even the richest
woman in the world is using the “free” Unix-type software to run
her website.”

“It blows Sun [computers] out of the water and, as a web server,
Linux is great.”

“We’re running the Red Hat 5.2 distribution of Linux and the
1.3.3 version of the Apache web server.”


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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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