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To: E_K_S who wrote (11191)	10/8/1998 1:42:00 AM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) of 64865

Fred Takes The Linux Plunge (10/07/98; 9:00 a.m. ET OPINION Linux and/or Solaris... against Microsoft NT....So far IMO WindowsNT still gets the nod for the best small business Internet platform. (http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=36147d2c0) From the article: "...Linux already has attracted significant delopment work from the likes of Computer Associates, Corel, IBM, Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. But there's a long way to go before Linux users have anywhere near as broad a choice in applications as offered by the more mainstream operating systems..." Even IBM has announced their own server for Internet Aps (Technology News - New IBM Server Controls Intranet Apps (10/07/98 5:09 p.m. ET) By Amy Rogers, Computer Reseller News techweb.com No mention of Solaris or Linux OS support. From the article: "...The product will work in conjunction with Tivoli's network-management software for Windows NT and AIX, Jaffe said, but not with directory software..." They did mention that Sunw was discussing other projects with IBM however...."...In other news, IBM's Willy Chiu, director of strategy and market development in the Internet Media Group, discussed plans for the next revision of the Java Media Framework on which Sun Microsystems and IBM are collaborating..." ==================================================================== Will this be the Solaris/Java Internet machine we have been waiting for? EKS

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