SearchEnterpriseLinux: 2004: The Year of the Penguin | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: 2004: The Year of the Penguin

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 2004

“Looking back on technology news from 2004 reveals a very
distinct pattern. Specific words–supported, viable, migration,
economical and mainstream–crop up with increasing regularity in
reference to open source–once relocated and restricted to the
fringes of computing.

“Most of those references were to Linux, which in the course of
a year has grown into more than just an alternative operating
system, and was hungrily consumed by governments, small businesses
and large corporations alike…”


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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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