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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Golden’s Rules: Open Source–A Glimpse of Things to Come

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 3, 2004

“I’ve got a confession. While preparing for my new series of
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com columns on how to take advantage of
enterprise-ready open source software, I got distracted. Like many
people, I spent two weeks glued to my television watching the
Olympics. What an event! From awesome achievements (Michael Phelps’
8 medals) to bitter disappointments (favorite Paula Radcliffe
dropping out of the women’s marathon) to the simply bizarre (a
defrocked Irish priest attacking the lead men’s marathon runner), I
was riveted. It was an opportunity to see something rare: humans
gathered from all parts of the planet striving to accomplish their
best.

“In the midst of all this, something gave me pause, and yes,
it’s related to open source…”


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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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