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ZDNet: And Now, Without Further Ado: The Google PC

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 21, 2005

“In writing Now’s the time for the network computer, my
colleague and fellow blogger Dana Gardner has it all wrong. OK,
maybe half wrong. The network computer bit is 100 percent dead-on.
It’s the Oracle part he has wrong.

“To everybody including Novell CEO Jack Messman who thinks
Microsoft’s forthcoming version of Windows (Vista) will be the
tipping point that starts to swing people to Desktop Linux, I hate
to break it to you, but my sense is that that game is over…”

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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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