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August 17, 2000

Linux called the great equalizer

By CLIFF EDWARDS
AP Technology Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Who would have thought an operating system whose mascot is a cute, smiling penguin could engender such fear?

One after another, companies attending the http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target="_blank">LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here are portraying the so-called open-source movement as the great equalizer, capable of reducing giants to dwarfs and making paupers patrons as new electronic applications begin to flow freely and fast.


 
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