Captain,
Dell to support Linux.
I like fishing too. I have a friend with a boat that has invited me to do some ocean fishing. Might take him up on the offer.
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Dell throws its support to Windows rival Linux =2
Dell said it was now offering factory installation of Linux
software as an option on selected server and workstation
personal computers (PCs). Servers are computers used to manage
networks of other PCs. Workstations are powerful PCs used by
researchers and designers on data-intensive tasks.
In a further endorsement of Linux, Dell said it had signed
up a new corporate customer -- clothing retailer Burlington
Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. <BCF.N> -- to buy 1,250 desktop
PCs running Linux as its operating system software.
The deal is among the largest examples to date of how Linux
is finding wider acceptance on the desktop computers used by
businesses -- the cornerstone of Microsoft's domination of the
PC industry.
Dell's investment in Red Hat follows stakes by a variety of
computer industry heavyweights in the privately held Durham,
N.C., firm, including Compaq Computer Corp. <CPQ.N>,
International Business Machines Corp. <IBM.N>, Intel Corp.
<INTC.O> and America Online Inc.'s <AOL.N> Netscape business.
((--Eric Auchard, New York newsdesk, 212-859-1840))
REUTERS |
