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Japan Times: World goes loony over Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 17, 1999

“The free operating system created by the people for the people
is driving some of the people insane.”

“… the Microsoft haters grinning in glee because they see
Linux as the one technology Bill Gates surely has no answer
to.”

“Signs of this interest were seen at a recent talk on Linux
given at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. It attracted
around 100 attendees, when such technology topics at best rarely
draw half that number. But then the talk’s title was “Is Microsoft
Doomed?”

“Sorry folks, but this madness is driving me crazy. If you
believe Bill and his Microsofties are going to roll over and let
themselves be squashed, you really are living in cuckoo land.”

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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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