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LinuxWorld: Dissolving the Limits of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 20, 2004

“In January, as thousands of Linux OS enthusiasts streamed onto
the show floor and into conference sessions at the 2004 LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo, they caught up with an old friend who many
barely recognized. In a span of only 12 months, Linux has evolved
from an emerging technology to an operating system on the forefront
of production IT deployments.

“The breakneck evolution of Linux into a viable environment for
enterprise, research and development, and high-performance
computing has converted skeptics who once dismissed the open source
environment as a low-cost–and not particularly
scalable–alternative to more robust and proven operating
environments…”

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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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