Information Week: Liberate My Computer!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 28, 1999

“I’d be delighted to see Linux succeed.”

“I have a deep and abiding dislike of Microsoft’s marketing
habits and its disregard for me as a customer.”

“Split Microsoft into an operating system company and an
applications company that owns Office and the browser. Let Gates
and Steve Ballmer decide which troops go where.”

“But I will predict one thing. Watch how fast the applications
company decides to write for Linux and watch how fast the operating
system company decides to get serious about providing
better-running code.”

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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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