Star Division, a small and little-known
German software firm, thinks it has
figured out how to wrestle market share
from mighty Microsoft: It's giving away its
full-blown office applications suite to
individual users...
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A funny thing about this article - it doesn't even mention Applix.
..."Linux will begin by gaining ground in the
file-server and print-server markets. It will
then only gain ground as a database server
if it can run Oracle [or other databases] in
an enterprise role. Enterprise means it
must have a transaction monitor," said
developer Paul Fowler, a senior architect
consultant for a major computer company,
which he declined to name.
Beyond TP monitors, Fowler said,
application servers and business rules
engines are a necessity for enterprise use
of Linux, particularly if its supporters have
designs on positioning the OS against
Windows NT, whose enterprise readiness
is strengthened by Microsoft's COM and
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). Linux
"has to get the middleware addressed,
then the different tiers: database,
transaction, presentation, and business
rules engine," Fowler said...
techweb.com
Caldera vs Red Hat
currents.net:80/magazine/national/1623/inet1623.html
Feds Urged to Use Open Source
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