iTweb: Defending Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2003

“The Linux movement is growing rapidly, despite the litigation
taking place at the moment, and has the potential to solve many of
the issues that surround on-demand computing.

“This is the view of Sam Greenblatt, senior VP at Computer
Associates (CA) and the organisation’s chief Linux architect. He
was discussing the impact of Linux during a technology trends
session held at CAWorld in Las Vegas.

“‘The first thing that needs to be cleared up is the
misconception that open source equals free software. That is
completely untrue. Open source simply means that the code is freely
available to be used and modified,’ said Greenblatt…”


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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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