WinNTMag: Strange Bedfellows | Linux Today

WinNTMag: Strange Bedfellows

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 28, 1999

“This seems to be the week to think about Linux…”

“This week also marks the anniversary of Eric S. Raymonds
publication of the first of the “Halloween Documents…””

“Halloween is here again, and Linux is not only a potential
challenger to Windows place on the desktop, its on the
desktop…”

“Linux has several advantages when it comes to a client-side
OS. First, its flexible. If youre a manufacturer building the
better WBT based on Windows CE or NT 4.0 Embedded and you want to
include some functionality that the OS doesnt support, youre out of
luck.

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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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