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- 90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux? - Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19661.html
- Best Technical Support Award - InfoWorld declares the Linux user community to have the best technical support. Compares help Linux users give to each other as opposed to the amount of tech support offered by major corporations.
www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?97poy.supp.htm
- Big Blue slips Linux into the oil industry - Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-922149.html
- Can Mandrake raise money by being your team? - Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/05/30/2024259
- Can you install Linux? I think I can - Linux may be leading the open-source movement but is it the software for the people? It depends. Would you recognize a video card if it jumped off a motherboard? [CNN]
www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/28/linux.diary
- Cisco iQ: The Charlie Rose Interview: Linus Torvalds - Open source instigator Linus Torvalds speaks with Charlie Rose about the past, present, and future of Linux and technology.
business.cisco.com/app/tree.taf?asset_id=75234
- CNET- Server sellers bang Linux drum - With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
news.com.com/2117-1001-948855.html?tag=nisi
- CNN.com - Is Linux poised to topple Microsoft? - A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/09/03/hln.wired.linux/index.html
- Could You Get Fired for Choosing Linux? - Article with numerous follow up posts. Covers the usual arguaments for/against Linux.
www1.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_1774.html
- Create a Linux based Network for peanuts - A functioning workstation for little or no money on older hardware? It can be done, and here is how.
www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/0823.xterminal.html
- CRN: Constructing a Windowless Office - Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
www.crn.com/Sections/CoverStory/CoverStory.asp?ArticleID=31793
- Crossroads 6 - 1 - This is the Fall 1999 issue of Crossroads, the International ACM student magazine. This issue features articles related to all aspects of Linux, including parallel computing, networking, and security.
www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds6-1/xrds6-1.html
- Do women need an OS of their own? - LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
zdnet.com.com/2100-11-515696.html?legacy=zdnn
- Easier install makes Red Hat 5.1 even more appealing - An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/21/rredhata.dat.htm
- Feds Can no Longer Ignore Linux - There may come a day when government IT managers realize the cost savings of not having to pay for an OS license for every desktop and server. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/24/linux.for.feds.idg
- Free Speech - Article from linuxuser about the GPL and MS FUD attacks.
www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue12/lu12-Free_Speech-Before_the_earthquake.pdf
- Geekfest - Installing Linux - First time user shares install experience.
www.thebee.com/bweb/iinfo142.htm
- Governments push open-source software - Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
news.com.com/2100-1001-272299.html
- Grassroots Linux grows (InfoWorld) - An article that contains stories of different companies that have started using Linux. Also contains a section on "How to pick your Linux" which states the advantages of different distributions and links to their homepages.
ww1.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/980608linux.htm
- HP-Compaq's Great Software Challenge - What will CEO Carly Fiorina do about its gaggle of operating systems? The decision could confirm her vision and make Linux a huge winner. Business Week Online.
www.businessweek.com/investor/content/sep2001/pi2001096_399.htm
- IBM and Linux: the dinosaurs and the penguin - How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/22932.html
- InfoWorld Interview with Linus Torvalds - Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems in this interview with Mike Vizard of InfoWorld. Focuses mainly on how Linux is affecting the way people look at the future of operating systems and economics models that drive the industry.
ww1.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/interviews/980409torvalds.htm
- InfoWorld's OS of the Year - The Red Hat Linux distribution wins InfoWorld's OS of the Year for 1997. Contains a small synopsis of the distributions strengths.
ww1.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/97poy.win3.htm
- Kimberlite's Cluster Free to Open Source Suitors - "She uses off-the-shelf commodity hardware running virtually any Linux distribution." Press release on Mission Critical's Kimberlite.
www.linuxmall.com/?4,1,284
- Linux Cluster Solution Means Business - Linux clustering solutions will move from scientific applications into the boardroom and business arena, if a nine-month-old startup called Mission Critical Linux has its way.
www.linuxmall.com/news/?1,207
- Linux code co-op - IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19311.html
- Linux comes of age - Low cost and stability make open-source system an attractive choice.
www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/tec-linux-09-17-01.asp
- Linux in the spotlight - Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
eetimes.com/news/98/1017news/linux.html
- Linux loves the slow economy - Explains the benefits of a soft economy to the adoption of free software and to Linux in particular.
www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2001-03/lw-03-penguin_4.html
- Linux makes strides in enterprise market - In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/1031enterprise.html
- Linux picking up database steam - Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
ww1.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980710.whlinux.htm
- Linux takes Hollywood by storm - Major movie special effects companies begin migration to Linux.
netscape.zdnet.com/?legacy=cnet
- Linux Winning The War of Perception - As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
www.it-director.com/article.php?id=1903
- Linux: Not Just For Geeks And College Kids Anymore - This is an article that talks about how the Linux OS system evolved from a "hacker solution" OS to a truly good OS that could and should be brought into corporate environments.
www.zdnet.com/sr/business/opportunity/980211b.html
- Linux: Penguin suitability - Open operating system Linux would love to bolster its success in big back-end servers with a slice of the lucrative desktop market. Windows' licensing pitch may be the penguin's invitation to the party.
bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/9625DD850DCA7868CA256C0D00031717!open
- LinuxWorld.com interview with Linus Torvalds - Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
www.itworld.com/AppDev/353/lw-02-linus
- Mission Critical powers Linux Clusters - Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/101266_07-10-2000.html
- NewsForge: Improving the Linux vs. Microsoft debate - Total cost of ownership improves the quality of the Operating Sytems debate.
newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/05/30/2119253&mode=thread&tid=3
- Open Source's First Six Months - Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
www.linuxgazette.com/issue31/raymond.html
- Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon - Despite active lobbying against Open Source software the Pentagon encourages it.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html
- She-geeks confess love for Linux - Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [ZDNN]
zdnet.com.com/2100-11-515695.html?legacy=zdnn
- Survey on PC WEEK - In which users where asked "What do you use when failure is not an option?". Linux was choosen by 80 percent of respondance.
techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/filters/zdmrc/0,14175,6020441,00.html
- The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace - The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
www.hastingsresearch.com/linux/penguin.shtml
- The Register: MS moves to head off Linux desktop 'threat' - Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21899.html
- The software war goes nuclear - An article arguing which OS will win the coveted spot atop the network OS throne. Mentions how projects such as the K Desktop Environment will help make Unix, and Linux, a more viable operating system than ever before.
www.timesonline.co.uk/?1678540
- The USA Register: Linux networks much cheaper than Windows - Total cost of ownership as well as initial price are reason to go Linux.
www.theregus.com/content/5/24852.html
- Veritas places big store in the Penguin - Vendor to port storage software to Linux OS.
www.vnunet.com/News/1134047
- vnunet.com: Major vendors tout United Linux - Attempting to create new standards, and turn up the heat in the war on Windows.
www.vnunet.com/News/1132235
- Why Linux will prevail - Linux is destined for more than servers, and this article explains why.
techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,5103573,00.html
- Why Microsoft is wary of open source - CNet discusses how Linux's popularity could hinder the software giant in its quest to gain control of a server market.
news.com.com/2100-1001-268520.html?legacy=cnet
- ZDNet: Tech Update - Special report, Linux in the limelight.
techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/filters/specialreport/0,14622,6022269,00.html
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