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Computing Canada: Open Source Makes Big Business Inroads

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2000

“Advocates come in all political shapes and sizes, but Russell
Pavlicek is in the business of teaching others how to start a quiet
revolution in support of Linux.”

“It’s the opinion of market analysts that no technology can
invade the desktop unless they have a huge marketing organization,”
said Pavlicek, speaking during a seminar at Comdex Canada 2000
recently….”

“It’s interesting to have Compaq promoting it so strongly. We
also see IBM being very pro-Linux in their messaging as well. I
think to some degree the danger these organizations have is they
want to be seen as highly Linux-friendly, but they have to do it in
such a way it doesn’t impact their other operating system
strategies.

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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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