[Lvlug] Linux is gaining momentum!
Tom Stoddard
tomshome@bellatlantic.net
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:14:43 -0500
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Check out this article if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23667.html
It looks like China and Korea are responding to Microsoft's new =
licensing schemes by switching to Linux. This is bound to have a major =
long term impact on OS trends. Maybe once US taxpayers see how much =
money these Asian governments are saving, they will begin to start =
putting some pressure on US government agencies to do the same.
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