Linux Poised for Takeoff
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The market for Linux-based products, including servers, PCs and software, will reach $35 billion by 2008, according to a report from IDC.
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Linux continues to gain momentum in a Windows world, with global sales of the open-source software expected to surpass US&#36;35 billion in the next four years, according to research conducted by IDC.
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Businesses should delay switching to Linux until IT managers can give a better business case for adoption, says research. And although Linux is still seeing double figure growth, following support by IBM, HP
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The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend.
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Open-source software, namely Linux, is nipping more sharply at the heels of Microsoft, leading the software giant to defend itself more fiercely than ever against the insurgent rise of freely distributed, collaboratively coded programs.
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Adobe quietly begins testing the waters to increase its involvement in desktop Linux. Also: Open-source Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox post gains over Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Development tools for upcoming upgrade to Unix operating system will be coming soon.
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The makers of the Good OS distribution are unveiling a Linux version with a hopefully appealing metaphor, with a focus on cloud computing.
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Linux is gaining ground with companies but Windows will continue to dominate consumer PCs in the near future. That is the non-contentious conclusion of the latest IDC research.
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Following the release Tuesday of a new interoperable version of Linux, analysts said the standard should go along way towards preventing a serious roadblock to widespread acceptance of Linux
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Netra line of servers will have Linux as an operating system option.
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InfoWorld - As Red Hat prepares to launch the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system on Wednesday, the question is again being asked whether a robust and feature-laden operating system is really needed for some computing situations.
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When Linus Torvalds first posted a fledgling version of Linux to an obscure software bulletin board in 1991, no one would have predicted that open-source software would be much more than a short-lived hacker experiment.
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Microsoft engineer shows off a new "MinWin" kernel that takes up a fraction of the space of the traditional OS.
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Latest alpha release of the Linux distribution shows off some major enhancements planned for the launch in October.
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A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
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Ziff Davis - Linux and open source are at the heart of today's computing technology. Deal with it.