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PC World: How Linux Will Spread in Business Market

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 15, 1999

“Ransome Love, chief executive officer of leading Linux
distributor Caldera, talks about how the open-source operating
system will win customers.”

“Ransome Love, Caldera Systems chief executive officer, argues
that people should put aside their passions about the Linux
operating system to focus on business realities. Love talked
recently with InfoWorld Executive News Editor Michael Vizard about
the need to marry the strength of Linux with the investments
already made in businesses.”

“InfoWorld: Some people in the Linux community would argue that
you’re poisoning the open-source well.”

“Love: I think that we see less of that perspective today than
we have in the past, simply because every single major commercial
provider that’s coming into Linux is doing exactly what Caldera has
said we should do from the beginning.”

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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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