SJ Mercury: So, you thought it would be Windows forever, did you? | Linux Today

SJ Mercury: So, you thought it would be Windows forever, did you?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 1999

“… if you’ve been keeping your ear to the technical ground at
all recently, you’ve heard rumblings about a new operating system
called Linux — it’s free, it’s great, and it’s not Windows.”

“… many of us were a bit surprised that tiny, free Linux made
such a sudden and heady inroad into today’s personal computer
marketplace. Could this be the first byproduct of the Microsoft
Antitrust Trial?”


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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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