“In some circles, Linux is seen emerging as a viable alternative
to Windows 9x and NT/Windows 2000!”
“Linux now has something like 5 million users worldwide. That
might not sound like much compared with the 200-million-plus
Windows users, but consider: When WINDOWS Magazine was launched in
1991, there were only about 8 million Windows users in the
world!”
Windows Magazine has 3 articles about Linux in this issue, and
this is obviously the first, introductory article.
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