National Post: Open Source Microsoft's Nemesis | Linux Today

National Post: Open Source Microsoft’s Nemesis

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 19, 2006

“If Microsoft Corp. investors are concerned about the company’s
lacklustre shares, they must be downright terrified by the legions
of computer programmers who want to drive the technology behemoth
into the ground.

“Open-source software–which involves, in some cases, thousands
of highly motivated programmers teaming up to develop and modify
free versions of commercially available software–are invading
Microsoft’s home turf with increasing ferocity…”


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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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