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SI FUTURES: SI Futures examines Linux’s challenge to Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 1998

SI Futures Limited, the independent IT consultancy based in High
Wycombe, has been reviewing the latest – and possibly greatest –
challenge to the supremacy of Microsoft’s Windows NT platform.

“Despite one or two disadvantages, Linux provides an Internet
operating system which is reliable, scalable, and easily
manageable. As it is also one of the world’s fastest growing
operating systems, it could pose a real threat to Microsoft’s
dominance in the future.”


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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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