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Chicago Tribune: Giant killer or just annoyance

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 20, 1999

Thanks to Jonathan
Yenkin
for this link.

“Some call Linus Torvalds a giant slayer, the best hope that the
Microsoft bashers have of toppling Bill Gates from his perch atop
the computer industry.”

“Others call him the leader of a moral crusade determined to
free the digital masses from the clutches of inferior technology
and corporate ambition.”

“Still others say Torvalds isn’t a big enough annoyance to even
register on Gates’ radar.”

“Torvalds doesn’t care what you call him. All he cares about is
creating the best computer operating system in the world — and
giving it away for free…”


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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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