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Re: [TCLUG:4379] Linux threat to Microsoft grows - Mar. 1, 1999
Same line popped out at me. Funny how Linux has brought all these old
486's, 386's, and whatnot back to useability for me. As a firewall for my
roadrunner cable box, it supports some 12 computers between my neighbors and
I all behind the firewall of my 486/100.
A friend of mine is an ISP for about 50 mac/pc/linux boxes. He has a
dedicated 24/7 ISDN line and Linux on his floppy (A: drive).
Check out www.adrive.net
-Bill
(a Minnesotan who floated down river--actually Hwy 61--and landed in
Memphis)
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>From: "Wade A. Harding"
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>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:4379] Linux threat to Microsoft grows - Mar. 1, 1999
>Date: Tue, Mar 2, 1999, 6:36 AM
>
> Um...
>
> "... The downside of Linux is it's hard for novices to use and does not work
> well on home PCs..."
>
> Strange... I've had better luck getting Linux running on my IBM PoS/1 than
> WinAnything. Wasn't Linux developed for the home PC?
>
> hrm...
>
> food for thought......
>
> http://www.cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9903/01/linux/
> - att-1.htm
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> <B><FONT SIZE=6>Linux threat to NT grows</FONT></B>
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> <FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#008080>Hardware, software firms back new system aimed
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> <FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=#008080>March 1, 1999: 6:43 p.m. ET<BR><BR>
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> NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Big hardware and software makers are expanding their
> ties to Linux, the free operating system that won IBM's endorsement last
> month, which could further hamper Microsoft's efforts to sell its NT
> software to major corporate users.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> The race to embrace Linux shows no signs of slowing down. <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=INTC&REPORT=
STOCK">In
> tel</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=INTC">INTC</A>) and <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=HWP&REPORT=S
TOCK">Hew
> lett-Packard</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=HWP">HWP</A>) said Monday
> they've expanded their backing of Linux, the brainchild of former
> University of Helsinki student Linus Torvalds, who now acts as primary
> architect for the further development of the OS. Published reports said <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=DELL&REPORT=
STOCK">De
> ll Computer</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=DELL">DELL</A>) and <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=ORCL&REPORT=
STOCK">Or
> acle</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=ORCL">ORCL</A>) also were
> stepping up thei!
> r !
> support for companies backing th
> e operating system.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> The moves add up to more trouble for <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=MSFT&REPORT=
STOCK">Mi
> crosoft</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=MSFT">MSFT</A>) as it
> seeks to market new versions of NT to big corporations, industry analysts
> said. Some analysts said that if it lives up to its promise, Linux could
> end up reshaping the computer software industry.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "Linux is going great guns now," said analyst John Robb at Gomez
> Advisors, the research firm specializing in consumer e-commerce issues.
> "Microsoft is a big loser."<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif"
> height=2 width = 15>
> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Linux server sales surging</FONT></CENTER>
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Indeed, in the server market, where Linux competes with Windows NT, Linux
> sales surged 212 percent last year versus a 27.2 percent gain for Windows
> NT, according to research firm International Data Corp. The jump gave Linux
> roughly 17 percent of the market last year, versus almost 36 percent for
> Microsoft's NT.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> The latest version of Windows NT, the industrial strength operating system
> from Microsoft, has been delayed and is now expected to reach the market
> later this year as part of Windows 2000.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif"
> height=2 width = 15>
> Analysts said companies looking to boost computer capacity -- especially
> those looking for big systems to run Internet-based commerce or data
> services -- could turn to Linux, which is better suited to those types of
> applications.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "This is the year that Linux gains critical mass," said Jon
> Oltsik, analyst at Forrester Research, the technology research firm.
> "It'll be very important in big Internet commerce sites."<br><img
> src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> He noted, for example, that <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=BKS&REPORT=S
TOCK">Bar
> nes & Noble's</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=BKS">BKS</A>) Web site,
> Barnesandnoble.com, is run on Windows NT while online broker <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=EGRP&REPORT=
STOCK">E*
> Trade</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=EGRP">EGRP</A>) uses Sun
> Microsystem's Solaris operating system.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "By the end of this year, you'll have a visible household name with an
> all-Linux architecture," Oltsik said.<br><img src =
> "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> One attractive Linux feature: It's free over the Internet. It's also fast,
> reliable and "open," meaning that thousands of computer
> programmers around the world can add features and improve the software,
> hoping the changes will be approved by Torvalds.<br><img src =
> "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> The downside of Linux is it's hard for novices to use and does not work
> well on home PCs.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Microsoft says Linux is just another product in a crowded, competitive
> marketplace -- the line it's been taking as it defends itself in the
> government's <A HREF="/digitaljam/9902/26/microsoft/index.htm">antitrust
case</A>.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "For us it's not a big change -- there's always been competition out
> there," spokesman Adam Sohn said. "This is further evidence to
> bolster what we've said all along -- that there are tons of companies
> trying to provide better technology to customers," he said of the
> latest Linux developments.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width =
15>
> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Intel jumps on the bandwagon</FONT></CENTER>
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Intel, for example, just took a <A
> HREF="/digitaljam/wires/9902/28/intel_wg/index.htm" >small stake</A> in VA
> Research, a California company that sells computers with Linux. The
> investment by the world's biggest chip maker was not its first in a Linux
> supporter. It previously invested in Red Hat Software, a North Carolina
> company that sells and services Linux, in September.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "If there's software that's popular with customers, we just want to
> ensure that it's running well on the Intel architecture," one person
> familiar with Intel's investments said Monday.<br><img src =
> "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Separately, Hewlett-Packard, the nation's No. 2 computer maker, announced a
> new operation to back open systems such as Linux.<br><img src =
> "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "HP sees Linux as a significant force in the industry and expects it
> to emerge as the platform of choice for … the Internet service
> provider and electronic-commerce software development markets," said
> Nigel Ball, a general manager in HP's Internet and applications system
> division. <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> HP's announcement came at LinuxWorld, a three-day trade show in San Jose,
> Calif., that is sort of a coming out party for the software. The Intel
> investment in VA Research was first reported by <I>The Wall Street Journal.
> </I>The newspaper also said Dell Computer has set a new pact with a company
> offering technical support for Linux and that database software maker
> Oracle would announce an investment in Red Hat.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Officials at Dell and Red Hat were not available for comment. An Oracle
> spokeswoman declined to comment.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif"
> height=2 width = 15>
> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>Big boost from Big Blue</FONT></CENTER>
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Last month IBM and Red Hat said IBM would start selling computers with the
> Linux operating system. In January, IBM rivals HP, Dell and <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=SGI&REPORT=S
TOCK">Sil
> icon Graphics</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=SGI">SGI</A>) agreed to
> offer Linux on their systems.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> The growth of Linux, which Torvalds developed eight years ago, must be
> sweet to the software's boosters, some of whom are seen as quirky renegades
> in the industry. Last month, about 100 people showed up outside Microsoft's
> San Francisco-area offices at a march dubbed "Windows Refund Day"
> organized by Linux backers.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width
= 15>
> There are other aspects to the Linux appeal. Some experts say cheap
> software such as Linux and Gnome, another "open" system, could
> help poorer countries such as Mexico and Pakistan catch up to wealthier
> countries using costly computer technology to boost economic
> growth.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> Still, Linux is far from eroding Microsoft's dominance in PC software; its
> operating systems are installed on 80 to 90 percent of all personal
> computers. Linux is not that user friendly, though some people are working
> to make it easier to download and use.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif"
> height=2 width = 15>
> "If Linux works, it affects the whole software industry and that
> affects Microsoft the most, since they're the biggest fish in the
> sea," said Forrester's Oltsik. <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif"
> height=2 width = 15>
> But support for Linux could hurt "second-tier" vendors of the
> Unix operating system such as <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=CPQ&REPORT=S
TOCK">Com
> paq</A> (<A HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=CPQ">CPQ</A>),
> which got a version of Unix when it bought Digital Equipment, Silicon
> Graphics and <A
>
HREF="http://cgi.cnnfn.com/cgi-bin/MGI/getinsideticker.pl?QUERY=SQNT&REPORT=
STOCK">Se
> quent</A> (<A
> HREF="http://qs2.cnnfn.com/tq/stockquote?symbols=SQNT">SQNT</A>), a server
vendor.
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "The pecking order would be Solaris (Sun Microsystem's version of
> Unix), Linux No. 2 and everybody else in some state of losing No. 3,"
> said Oltsik.<br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> "The interesting thing is that in spite of the size of Microsoft --
> they're a huge, well run software company -- you can's compete with the
> mass of people on the Web."<A HREF="#TOP"><IMG SRC="/images/bug.jpg"
> WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="12" ALT="Link to top" border=0></A>
> <br><img src = "/images/spacer.gif" height=2 width = 15>
> <I>-- by staff writer Steven Radwell</I>
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