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Byte.com: Thoughts On The Evolution Of Linux Culture

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 1999

“Fragmentation A Sign Of Success”

“You can tell when a culture is evolving by the sophistication
and variety of its jargon and lexicon. Alternatives, preferences,
prejudice, religion, and chips-on-the-shoulder have become part of
what computing is about as we try to cut through the marketing
prattle to the core of the matter. (Pardon the pun.) While Linux
appears to have a serious amount of fragmentation paralleling its
meteoric growth, this, too, is a sign of success.”

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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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