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Novell Inc. underscored its commitment to Linux Monday by surprising BrainShare conferencegoers with an appearance by none other than Linus Torvalds, creator of the freely distributed operating system.
The Finnish programmer, whose decade-old program today challenges Microsoft's long-dominant Windows, was greeted by thundering applause -- and a couple of Finnish flags -- as a crowd of 6,000 welcomed him to the opening session of BrainShare's 20th annual edition of tech-related workshops and seminars in the downtown Salt Palace Convention Center.
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