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Reuters/Forbes: Linux Marks Slow Progress in Taking Over Desktops

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 23, 2004

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“As never before, corporate customers are turning to Linux
software instead of Microsoft Windows to run big business
operations.

“Now, if only they could get the word processor’s basic ‘cut and
paste’ feature to work.

“At the LinuxWorld trade show here this week, advocates said the
next big challenge for the loose-knit ‘free software’ movement is
to create a reliable way to run desktop computers and perform
mainstream office tasks…”


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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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