Attention Paid To The Counter
At the time when Linux first burst into the limelight (around 1999), there were quite a few news articles about the Linux Counter, including three Slashdot articles (the first two of which brought the counter to its knees). Linux Today reported how Microsoft Austria used the site for spamming Linux users; the counter keeps a list of press references, occasionally updated.
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