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Looks like LINUX is set to take-off BigTime as a superior alternative
OperatingSystem to Windows98/NT ~ Soon ~ Like now :)
A few months back, I think I saw a number, guessing that around 10 million
PCs were running Linux by middle 1998.
Linux is solid stuff ~ suitable for 'mission_critical' use :)
cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Paauwe <mpaauwe@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30, September 1998 9:43 AM
Subject: Listen to Mark Brown on Linux
>Copyright Reuters 1998, as follows:
>
>Here is a great investment tip for everyone! Try to get your hands on some
>stock, for sure. Don't say I never gave you a good stock tip.
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>
>September 29, 1998
>
>Intel, Netscape take stake in little software firm
>
> SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - While Microsoft Corp. software still
dominates
>the computer world, some big Silicon Valley names are putting money into a
>small North Carolina company that offers the alternative Linux operating
>system.
> Intel Corp., Netscape Communications Corp. and two venture capital firms
>on Tuesday said they were investing in Red Hat Software
>Inc., which distributes Linux, in a move that helps make the emerging
>software more competitive with Microsoft's.
> Linux, developed by a Finnish programmer in 1991 and since given away
>around the Internet world as "freeware," is a version of the
>UNIX operating system for networked computers that runs on Intel-based PCs
>and servers.
> Worldwide, there are about eight million users of Linux, whose biggest
>market is among Internet service providers. The software
>typically is upgraded by a network of programmers who submit their changes
>and ideas to the Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds, but
>no company owns Linux.
> Intel, the world's top computer chip maker, and Netscape, which competes
>against Microsoft in the Internet browser market, did not
>disclose the amount of their investments, nor did the two venture firms --
>Greylock of Boston and Benchmark Partners of Menlo Park,
>Calif.
> Since its first release over the Internet by Torvalds, Linux has been
>given away as "freeware" and has not made much headway in big
>corporations. But in the past two months, several major companies have said
>they would support Linux, including Oracle Corp., Sybase
>Inc., Computer Associates and International Business Machines Corp.
> "Everyone gets the feeling that this is an overnight phenomenon,"
Torvalds
>said on a panel at the IPSCON conference for Internet
>service providers. "But it's been around for seven years," said Torvalds,
>who created the software while a student at the University of
>Helsinki.
> "In early 92, the user base went from five long-haired hacker guys to
100,
>that was a surprise," Torvalds said. While Torvalds still
>manages the "kernel" and the source code of the operating system, he now
>works in the United States at a Silicon Valley semiconductor
>startup, called TransMeta Corp.
> Red Hat, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., sells Red Hat Linux for
>$50 and is the largest of several companies to provide support
>and service for the software.
> John Paul, a senior vice president at Netscape, said he believed that
>Linux had market momentum right now, adding that some
>customers were "coming out of the closet" and admitting that they run Linux
>in some places in their company.
> "I predict that Linux will continue to grow faster than (Microsoft
Corp.'s
>Windows) NT," Paul said. "We will have more competition in
>the operating systems market."
> But because one single company does not own or manage the software, there
>is a perception that there is no support, even though the
>panelists said that the vast network of programmers who work to improve
>Linux find, test and patch bugs faster than most companies
>even admit to bugs in other software products.
> Red Hat hopes to change this perception. With its investments, Red Hat is
>starting an enterprise computing division, to support large
>corporate customers using Linux.
> "The reason for this round of investment is to boost our presence in the
>enterprise market," said Robert Young, president of Red Hat.
> Analysts said the investments by Intel and Netscape were a big boost for
>Linux and added more credibility to the software that is
>gradually beginning to compete against Windows NT.
> Fans of the software say it is robust and secure and not as prone to
>crashing as Windows NT. Linux competes directly with Windows
>NT and with Santa Cruz Operation's version of UNIX that runs on Intel PCs
>and servers.
> Intel, which is a close partner with Microsoft, said its investment in
Red
>Hat was part of its goal to ensure that most operating systems
>run on Intel architecture. An executive said its deal was not indicative of
>a rift in its relationship with Microsoft, despite rampant industry
>speculation.
> "We still have incredibly deep cooperation with Microsoft," Sean Maloney,
>a corporate vice president of sales at Intel, told reporters.
>"But it is not mutually exclusive."
> In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, Microsoft said
>it expected to see more competition from rival operating
>systems such as Linux and another known as Apache.
> "Freeware is making inroads into the glasshouse," Microsoft President
>Steve Ballmer said at the Seybold Publishing conference earlier
>this month. "Are we worried about Linux and Apache?... Sure we are
worried."
>
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>
>Now what do you think about that statement from one of Microsoft's
billionaires?
>
>Good trading and best',
>
>
>Michael Paauwe
>mpaauwe@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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