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To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (1839)	11/22/1999 12:50:00 AM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 2617

Linus, Linux steal the Comdex show CBS MarketWatch cbs.marketwatch.com The phrase, "you get what you pay for" doesn?t apply, Linux supporters say, claiming that Torvald?s invention is a technically superior operating system to Microsoft?s. Today, Linux is powering mostly server computers that run Internet sites. But because free is hard for technology companies to pass up, a growing number are putting Linux at the center of business computer systems. And as companies at Comdex showed, several see Linux as a way to break the Windows monopoly on the personal computer. "Being open is what made the PC market so successful in the first place," Torvalds told a crowd at his keynote speech from Comdex. "By making it available on the Internet, everyone can play."