Channel 6000: More Problems With Microsoft Windows? | Linux Today

Channel 6000: More Problems With Microsoft Windows?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 1999

Thanks to Judge for this
link.

“Two days ago, Microsoft promised to remove secret
privacy-invading code from its Windows 98 operating system.

“… the next version, Windows 2000, also has privacy-invading
code built into it…”

“Larry Augustin’s company, V.A. Research, hopes to gain from
Microsoft’s troubles. It makes computers that run on the Linux
operating system. It’s completely free to everyone. Users say it’s
much faster than Windows and doesn’t invade your privacy, reports
the television station.”

Complete
story
.

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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