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» 90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux? - Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
» 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.
» Big Blue slips Linux into the oil industry - Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
» CNET- Server sellers bang Linux drum - With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
» CNN.com - Is Linux poised to topple Microsoft? - A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
» CRN: Constructing a Windowless Office - Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
» Can Mandrake raise money by being your team? - Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
» 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]
» Cell Phone Makers Call on Linux - Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?
» 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.
» Computerworld New Zealand- Sun flies desktop Linux kite - What are Sun's chances of successfully selling a Linux bundle on the corporate desktop? Fair to good, suggest users and analysts.
» Could You Get Fired for Choosing Linux? - Article with numerous follow up posts. Covers the usual arguaments for/against Linux.
» 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.
» 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.
» Desktop Dreams - Linux on the desktop in the Wake of MandrakeSoft's Bankruptcy.
» Desktop Linux is for real - Love it or hate, Linux is not going away, but it is gaining ground.
» Do women need an OS of their own? - LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
» Easier install makes Red Hat 5.1 even more appealing - An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
» Economist.com- Linux gets a break - For the first time in years, Microsoft's unassailable lead in computer operating systems is being challenged by manufacturers offering Linux software.
» Everything You Wanted to Know about Linux - Thinking of switching to Linux? Get the details you need to make the transition painless.
» 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]
» Free Speech - Article from linuxuser about the GPL and MS FUD attacks.
» Geekfest - Installing Linux - First time user shares install experience.
» Governments push open-source software - Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
» 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.
» 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.
» How to Persuade Your Boss to Take the Linux Plunge - Selling Linux on it's merits.
» How valid is the IDC data? - Should the Microsoft TCO information be trusted?
» IBM Mulls Linux For Its PCs - IBM may soon start packing its PCs with the open-source Linux operating system. IBM's Linux initiative has so far been limited to its servers and workstations.
» IBM and Linux: the dinosaurs and the penguin - How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Linux Gears up to Challenge Windows on Desktop - With more stability, security and pricing in a desktop OS with a look and feel like Windows, Linux advocates say they are getting ready to take on Microsoft, which dominates the desktop market. [USA Today]
» Linux Renews Desktop Bid - Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.
» Linux Winning The War of Perception - As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
» Linux code co-op - IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
» Linux comes of age - Low cost and stability make open-source system an attractive choice.
» Linux future scales out - As software companies continue to pour millions into scaling Linux for the enterprise, some observers now believe the open-source OS's future is to serve as a distributed, network-based operating system.
» Linux in the spotlight - Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
» Linux loves the slow economy - Explains the benefits of a soft economy to the adoption of free software and to Linux in particular.
» Linux makes strides in enterprise market - In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
» Linux picking up database steam - Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
» Linux takes Hollywood by storm - Major movie special effects companies begin migration to Linux.
» 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.
» LinuxWorld.com interview with Linus Torvalds - Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
» Mission Critical powers Linux Clusters - Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
» News: Japan mulls Windows replacement - Microsofts bugs push Japan to look at Open Source.
» NewsForge: Improving the Linux vs. Microsoft debate - Total cost of ownership improves the quality of the operating systems debate.
» NewsForge: Linux.com matches Microsoft software donation offers! - Get Linux free while supplies last. Hurry this offer only good as long as the internet lasts.
» Open Source's First Six Months - Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
» Open-Source Fight Flares At Pentagon - Despite active lobbying against Open Source software the Pentagon encourages it.
» Security Fueling Open-Source Adoption - Price no longer the best reason to try OSS?
» She-geeks confess love for Linux - Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [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.
» The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace - The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
» The Register: MS moves to head off Linux desktop 'threat' - Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
» 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.
» Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up - Where Linux is, and where it is going, in the enterprise sector.
» Veritas places big store in the Penguin - Vendor to port storage software to Linux OS.
» Why Linux will prevail - Linux is destined for more than servers, and this article explains why.
» 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.
» ZDNet: Tech Update - Special report, Linux in the limelight.
» vnunet.com: Major vendors tout United Linux - Attempting to create new standards, and turn up the heat in the war on Windows.