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To: QwikSand who wrote (34908)	8/30/2000 3:13:15 AM
From: tiquer	Read Replies (1) of 64865

This seems significant... news.cnet.com Now several computing powerhouses are joining forces to create a laboratory in Oregon in which open-source programmers can improve the performance of Linux and associated software on these expensive servers. The new Open-Source Development Laboratory, in which the companies will pour millions of dollars annually, will provide a way for independent programmers to push Linux into this high-prestige domain. dailynews.yahoo.com Giga Group analyst Stacey Quandt said the effort was a bid to rev up Linux to compete with Sun Microsystem Inc.'s (NasdaqNM:SUNW - news) Solaris operating system, which now dominates the datacenters that house the technology behind Web-based business operations. ``This is a way to address some of the higher functionality and feature sets of Solaris,'' she said. ``This is an open source or a collaborative way for these companies to advance Linux and get it into the datacenter.'' Whatchathink threadies? Roger

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