Linux needs more great weeks

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It might have seemed to be the best possible week for boosters of the Linux open-source operating system.

As their nemesis, Microsoft, was sanctioned by the European Commission for anticompetitive trespasses, computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. gave Linux a new vote of confidence, and the largest Linux distributor posted strong financial results.

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