Windows cleaner: a free operating system gains fans in Asia.

The writer describes a free computer operating system that is becoming popular in Asia. The Linux system constitutes the basic software that enables a computer to run programs and is free to anyone who downloads it from the Internet. While Microsoft assiduously guards its programs and intellectual...

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Publicado en:Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 161; no. 36; pp. 46 - 48
Autor principal: Dolven, Ben
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Review Publishing Company Ltd. September 3 1998
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