PC Week: Linus on Linux: The OS phenomenon | Linux Today

PC Week: Linus on Linux: The OS phenomenon

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 1999

“PC Week quizzes Linus Torvalds about Linux 2.2, Microsoft and
the future.”

“Linux 2.2 has arrived and it’s a “big stone off my back,” says
creator Linus Torvalds. For IT, the open-source operating system in
the last year has moved from a curiosity to a serious technology to
evaluate for deployment — a fact that pleases its inventor.”

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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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