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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 10, 2004

“There are a lot of reasons to use Linux. You’ve seen people
write or heard people speak about its use in clusters, offices, Web
servers, and other common uses. One thing that hasn’t been talked
about enough is its utility as a superior tool for recovering data
from other operating systems.

“Linux excels at accessing and, more importantly, recovering
data from otherwise troubled machines. Let me set the stage for
you: Christine brought an oldish Macintosh 610 into our marriage.
On this machine were vast numbers of recipes, menus, and other
documents from her days as a chef, stretching back at least a
decade…”


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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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