Google is basing the new product on its Chrome Web browser and the Linux open-source operating system.

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Among so many other things, the operating system gave rise to the modern open source movement.

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With the increasing popularity of the open-source operating system, customer demands on Linux are changing, Dryhoff said.

CNN: IBM will 'wait and see' on desktop Linux

Microsoft reached an agreement that will allow its Windows operating system, with which most people are familiar, to work with the open source Linux system used by rival Novell.

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