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To: StanX Long who wrote (62316)	3/25/2002 1:32:16 AM
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Makers of PCs Fear Wrath Of Microsoft Competitors Decline Requests For Linux Configuration washingtonpost.com By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 25, 2002; Page A04 Many computer makers are so fearful of possible retaliation from Microsoft Corp. that they have refused to even discuss configuring machines with a competing operating system known as Linux, according to testimony of an executive of Red Hat Inc., a Linux provider. In written testimony as part of ongoing federal court hearings into how Microsoft should be sanctioned for breaking antitrust laws, Red Hat's chief technology officer said "it was as if a skunk had come into the room" when he would approach computer manufacturers such as Compaq Computer Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. about carrying Linux on personal computers. Linux is growing in popularity for networks of business computer systems, but is rarely found running personal computers, in part because it is cannot offer applications such as Microsoft's dominant Office suite of word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

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