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CNET News: Year in Review: Open Source

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 1, 2003

“The open-source movement had a good year.

“The Linux operating system and open-source software in general
gained their first foothold on networked server computers in 2002,
and emboldened advocates began a push to desktop computers as
well.

“First to the desktop effort were Red Hat, the top dog in Linux
sales, and Sun Microsystems–always looking for new ways to nettle
archenemy Microsoft. Sun’s StarOffice suite and its open-source
cousin OpenOffice are key parts of most Linux desktop plans…”

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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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