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Linux in the spotlight
Review of the Taos Tech Talk with Linus by EETimes.
Open Source's First Six Months
Eric Raymond talks about the 6 months after Netscape announced its commitment to open source.
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.
Governments push open-source software
Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.
CNET- Server sellers bang Linux drum
With the exception of Microsoft, most of the computing industry's largest companies now actively support Linux.
Big Blue slips Linux into the oil industry
Three year deal moves oil companies to the penguin.
News: Japan mulls Windows replacement
Microsofts bugs push Japan to look at Open Source.
She-geeks confess love for Linux
Sick of sexist attitudes, female techies from around the world are getting connected and getting organized. [ZDNN]
Do women need an OS of their own?
LinuxChix debate the merits of a female-orientated operating system. [ZDNN]
Can Mandrake raise money by being your team?
Newsforge article says Mandrake soft is considering an IPO.
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.
Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
Where Linux is, and where it is going, in the enterprise sector.
How to Persuade Your Boss to Take the Linux Plunge
Selling Linux on its merits.
Grassroots Linux grows (InfoWorld)
An article that includes stories of different companies that have started using Linux. Also includes a section on "How to pick your Linux" which states the advantages of different distributions and links to their homepages.
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.
Linux picking up database steam
Computer Associates and possibly Informix will make databases for Linux.
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.
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.
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.
CNN.com - Is Linux poised to topple Microsoft?
A combination of Microsoft dislike and "no secrets" open source threatens the monopoly.
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]
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]
CRN: Constructing a Windowless Office
Matches and compares Linux options to what were once considered Windows tasks.
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.
Linux Renews Desktop Bid
Enterprises are looking again at Linux as a Windows alternative.
Security Fueling Open-Source Adoption
Price no longer the best reason to try OSS?
Everything You Wanted to Know about Linux
Thinking of switching to Linux? Get the details you need to make the transition painless.
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.
The Penguin, the Press, and the Marketplace
The viability of Linux as a mainstream operating system, examined from a media and marketing perspective.
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.
Easier install makes Red Hat 5.1 even more appealing
An InfoWorld review of the Red Hat distribution version 5.1.
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.
Linux Winning The War of Perception
As far as IBM is concerned Linux has become mainstream and it is doing mainstream business.
LinuxWorld.com interview with Linus Torvalds
Joe Barr asks Linus about 2.4, Alan Cox, Linux trade shows, Microsoft, the future, and beer.
Kieser.net: Linux
Site dedicated to Linux news.
Linux BSD Central
The latest news related to Linux and freeBSD. Articles and guides on setting up Linux software and configuration.
Mission Critical powers Linux Clusters
Mission Critical Linux launches server-clustering software for enterprise environments.
Linux makes strides in enterprise market
In an environment of budget pressures, corporations are more open to the idea of free, open-source software.
Desktop Dreams
Linux on the desktop in the Wake of MandrakeSoft's Bankruptcy.
Cell Phone Makers Call on Linux
Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?
Linux code co-op
IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, Hitachi co-operate on corporate Linux code. From The Register.
90% Windows, 5% Mac, 5% Linux?
Register article by a Newsforge regular about the "market share" of popular Operating Systems.
The Register: MS moves to head off Linux desktop 'threat'
Does Redmond fear Linux is ready for prime time?
IBM and Linux: the dinosaurs and the penguin
How IBM is making a comeback with Linux. The Register.
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.
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]
Weareat.com
boutique of Linux news and help articles. Information about a wide range of Linux usage.
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