Maximum #Linux Magzine - October 1999 - Penguin Computing Ad. Read it at https://archive.org/details/maximum-linux-magazine-1999-10/page/n69/mode/2up #opensource
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@nixCraft I remember buying it every week. It lasted 11 issues, I think ?
@nixCraft That's some pretty militant publishing right there, and a rather Sovietesk style feature on Linus Torvalds
@nixCraft I mean, the Linux kernel (in some form) is used on ALL of the top 500 supercomputers and around 80% of all servers.
@nixCraft wow, seems my internet provider in the UK blocks the internet archive and only using a VPN helps me get to it. wow
@nixCraft This was back when opensource communities were full of all those hopes and dreams that it was the year of the linux desktop. I wonder what that market share is looking like nowadays. 🤔

@jrg @nixCraft 4%+* and growing. We thank Valve for this.

* citation, https://itsfoss.com/linux-market-share/#:~:text=Statcounter%3A Linux occupies 4.05%25 of,macOS and 96.67%25 for Windows.

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