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标  题: Linux gains more supports
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Wed Mar  3 09:42:29 1999)

Linux gains more support
  By Doug Levy, USA TODAY

                      PALO ALTO, Calif. -- As thousands of computer professionals gather near
                      here Tuesday for the LinuxWorld Expo, it is clear that the free operating
                      system Linux is increasingly viewed as a viable alternative to Windows NT for
                      running corporate networks.

                      Over the past few months, a growing number of companies have announced
                      plans to support Linux (pronounced LINN-ucks). IBM, Hewlett-Packard,
                      Compaq and Dell are among hardware vendors that offer equipment
                      compatible with the operating system.

                      More announcements are coming this week:

                      Giant chipmaker Intel is buying a stake in VA Research, which makes
                      computers that use the Linux operating system.

                      Caldera Systems will provide Linux for a variety of IBM's systems and offer
                      training and support for IBM employees. IBM has a similar arrangement with
                      Red Hat, another provider of Linux software and services.

                      Computer Associates is making its Unicenter software, which runs large
                      corporate networks, work on Linux machines, CA Senior Vice President Ken
                      Farber says.

                      Oracle will have a Linux version of its popular database program, Oracle 8i,
                      available next month.

                      Even Microsoft executives acknowledge Linux's impact. They have pointed to
                      Linux's soaring popularity during Microsoft's antitrust trial to argue that the
                      software giant faces competition though its software runs 95% of the world's
                      PCs.

                      Unless Microsoft significantly improves NT in its next version, called Windows
                      2000, the company faces losing market share to Linux by 2003, says a report
                      just out by researcher First Albany/META Group. Windows NT has a
                      reputation for frequent crashes.

                      Red Hat and Caldera are among companies that bundle the original free Linux
                      code with related software to form a system that sells for $1,600, vs. $10,000
                      for a comparable Windows NT system.

                      But for Linux to really take off it needs applications -- such as personnel
                      management and accounting programs -- that are designed to run on Linux
                      machines. This week will be the first time many commercial applications are
                      demonstrated, Dan Kusnetzky of International Data says.

                      "These things are just starting to appear," says Bob Young, CEO of Red Hat,
                      which is backed by Intel, Netscape Communications and others.

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