Internet Week: Top Stories Of The Year: 1998 | Linux Today

Internet Week: Top Stories Of The Year: 1998

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 19, 1998
  1. AOL-Netscape Caps Year Of Mega-Mergers
  2. A Dose Of Reality To Back Up The Java Hype
  3. Linux: The Next Threat To Microsoft

    What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, open-source
    software was a curiosity. Today, it’s almost a necessary part of
    any vendor’s Internet strategy and may hold the key to unlocking
    Microsoft’s death grip on the software industry.

  4. Microsoft And The DOJ Go Toe To Toe
  5. Picking Up Pace Of IP-PSTN Convergence
  6. Y2K Puts Pressure On Other IT Projects
  7. Ethernet Segues Easily Into Gigabit Realm
  8. Novell Begins Firing On All Cylinders
  9. E-Comm Branches Out Into Mainstream
  10. SANs Give Storage Its Own Pipes

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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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