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Charleston Regional Business Journal: Linux Gaining Favor with Local Users

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2003

“Six years ago Chad Harrelson started using the Linux operating
system and says he’ll never go back to Microsoft Windows.

“‘My eyes have been opened,’ he says.

“Linux–often recognized by its penguin mascot–is a free
operating system created in the early 1990s by college student
Linus Torvalds and perfected by developers from all around the
world. The source code for Linux is similar to Unix but is free,
and developers are encouraged to build upon the code and
redistribute it for worldwide use…”


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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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