Public Radio International: Marketplace: The Growing Popularity Of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 1999

Thanks to Jerry Fass for
this link.

The Public Radio program Marketplace featured linux on 1 March.
I heard it: Neutrally positive report, several minutes long.

PRI: Public Radio International
Marketplace Archive for:
Monday, March 01, 1999

“The Growing Popularity Of Linux”

“Linux, the open source operating system, is growing in
popularity and becoming an ever bigger threat to Microsoft,
especially with recent investments by IBM and Dell. Marketplace’s
Eric Roy reports on the Linux World Conference and Expo taking
place in Silicon Valley.”

Complete
Story

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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