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Companies like Compaq and HP are interesting in that they are major PC vendors as well as major Unix vendors. IBM is also a major PC and Unix vendor, but they have been sparring with Microsoft for years. The end result remains to be seen, but I think that Microsoft will continue to dominate the OS business on the desktop. I don't know if they will be able to beat Unix at the high end. But, I sure see Linux benefiting from some a settlement. On 19 Mar 2002 at 13:55, Numberwhun ***** wrote: > Gee, I wonder if they are going to try to push 'big blue' the same way > seeing as how they made their public statement commiting 1 billion dollars > to linux. > I also read in the February issue of Linux Format that the Chinese > government ( specifically the son of the Chinese president ) has created > their own version called 'Red Flag Linux'. They are marketing it to the > over 1.2 billion citizens of china to replace the Windows operating system. > They, like everyone else are quite fed up with price hikes and crappy OS's. Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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