“Ever throw a Windows party for a couple of
penguins?“
“That’s just what happened Tuesday at the Windows NT 99 show in
London, as Definite Linux, a version of Linux developed in the
United Kingdom, was unveiled on stand 484.”
“The worldwide growth of Linux has been explosive”, Birchenough
added. “There are no license fees to pay, so it is an extremely
cost-effective alternative to Windows NT and is, therefore,
breaking Microsoft’s stranglehold on the market.”
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