Major Australian television station runs Linux story | Linux Today

Major Australian television station runs Linux story

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 1999

“A new operating system is taking on computer giant microsoft
and winning, but best of all, it’s free.”

“Every computer has it, an operating system telling the machine
what to do, and for about 90 percent of the world’s computers, it’s
Windows. Now there’s a new contender.”

“It’s already challenging Microsoft’s chief Bill Gates… his
latest windows upgrade costs $150, but the Linux operating system,
which runs faster and more reliably, is completely free.”

“For a small office, it’s important that your word processor
will run all day without crashing.”

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Web Webster

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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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