Free hand.

The decision by Japan's Sharp Corporation to use the controversial open-source software Linux on its new Zaurus organizer is surprising. Linux is popular as an operating system for web servers, but is has yet to prove itself in the personal-computer market, where it is difficult to use and lacks qua...

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Published in:Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 164; no. 35; pp. 48 - 49
Main Author: Bickers, Charles
Format: Product Evaluation
Published: Review Publishing Company Ltd. September 6 2001
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