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Canoe.com: Hype is dead, but Linux lives

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 15, 2000

Linux may not be the hottest new technology on the block
any longer, but even as the hype and stock prices fade, customer
interest is increasing, an industry analyst says.

“It’s creeping into a lot of places,” said Kevin Restivo, an
analyst with IDC Canada. “It’s being deployed in specific
instances, though it’s still not being relied on in a lot of
mission-critical areas.”

“That comment came as thousands of users, programmers and even
Linus Torvalds, the operating system’s creator, were heading to
Toronto for the Linux Canada Expo which starts today and runs until
Thursday.”

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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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