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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (18635)	8/15/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Linux on the desktop (the context in which your husband is using it) isn't quite there. In fact, it may never be there. I'm not sure it isn't against the forces of nature to bend Unix into a Windows workalike. Still, Corel and others are trying. The thing that you (Mephisto) will want to be running may not be Linux/AOL on a PC, but AOL/Java on a thin client (maybe even a branded Sun client, but more likely another brand with a MAJC license). The deal with Linux is it's ability to run a better small web server than NT. This is apparent when looking at RedHat's IPO debut ($14-$75) and watching what Corel stock did over the same time. The market apparently knows the Linux buzz of 'servers' and not the Linux desktop. The nix design philosophy is entirely differnt than Win 95/NT. Generally, you use a different approach than using big feature filled software packages (ala Windows). Linux doesn't really crash. It's a function of design. X (nix GUI) will crash. It generally won't take down your machine though as we found ourselves getting used to with M$ crapware. So, Linux is up to speed on the PC in the money space (NT). It's big disadvantage is branding against 'Microsoft'. The 'desktop' thing is just gravy. It doesn't matter if it never happens. If it does, it's just rubbing salt into the wound that is 'Microsoft'. Linux ultimately helps Solaris for several reasons. First of all, it promotes *nix development, and that means Solaris development. My big thing is the future system administrator supply. Linux provides a huge 'farm team' of future Solaris admins. Maybe that's a good analogy; Linux is triple A baseball and Solaris is Major League. A fellow with a certified Solaris administration ticket will typically earn two to three times more than a Linux administrator. I'm having my own problems here with cookie administration. We've been busy lately. I'll see if we can't get something into the oven before the end of the month. -JCJ