MSLinux Index: up 1700% over July 1998

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 13, 1999

[ Linux Today reader Dan Kegel writes: ]

“Searching www.microsoft.com for Linux now returns 459 hits, a
1700% increase over the first measurement 18 months ago. This is
roughly a 500% annual growth rate.”

From the MSLinux web site:

“One interesting measure of Linux’s popularity is how many times
Microsoft itself mentions Linux on its web site, and how many
Microsoft products ship with support for Linux.”

“Here are the searches I ran, and a few highlights of the
results. I’ll try to repeat this periodically to see how MS’s
awareness of Linux evolves.”

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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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