LinuxWorld: The Good, Bad & Ugly for Linux in 2002 | Linux Today

LinuxWorld: The Good, Bad & Ugly for Linux in 2002

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 10, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“The economy in 2002 was so disappointing that it would even
make Clint Eastwood cry. Where Linux lost huge in the stock market,
it gained huge in terms of adoption. That’s where we’ll start our
Good, Bad and Ugly summary for 2002.

“THE GOOD: Thanks in part to the lousy economy, Linux growth in
the server market continued to be strong in 2002, and sane research
(read: any research report not sponsored by Microsoft) predicts
Linux market-share growth will continue in 2003 and keep increasing
beyond this year…”

Complete
Story

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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