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ZDNet: Swimming into the mainstream at LinuxWorld

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 14, 1999

[ Thanks to Jeremy
Allison
for this link. ]

“This week’s LinuxWorld Expo is a trip.

“For starters, the show is getting more corporate, slicker too.
At least they still have cool music before the keynotes. Instead of
that jazz fusion stuff that makes you want a root canal, there’s
Jimi Hendrix, Little Wing and Peter Gabriel.

“Someone asks me, “What’s your distribution?” They’re dead
serious.

“You know you’re going mainstream when you have gimmicks.
There are live penguins here.”


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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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