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Upside: 1999 UPSIDE Elite 100

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 31, 1999

The movers and shakers of the digital world.

“#98 Robert Young, Chairman and CEO, Red Hat Software
Young dressed Linux up in a suit and tie, saw a way to make big
money off the often-anticapitalist open source movement and had a
hot-streak IPO in August. It’s obvious why: Linux has almost 20
percent of the server market, and Red Hat has over half of the
Linux market….”

“#30 Linus Torvalds, Linux creator, Transmeta
His day job is a closely guarded secret, but his hobby has been
heralded as world-changing. Torvalds’ Linux operating system and
its open source distribution approach have inspired Webmasters and
stock investors everywhere to look beyond Microsoft….”

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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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