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Non-Tech : LINUX STOCKS: FIND THEM NOW, RETIRE EARLY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (241)	12/14/1999 10:32:00 PM
From: carromill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 377

victor: that is what this thread is for, and I post exactly Public DD info. Anything else I stipulate IMO..I am very excited to be in YNOT as it is by my good fortune, the most promising "Buy" I have ever made, at the Right time. Sorry if my postings irk, but I did observe a disproportionate lack of coverage on the "Linux stocks" board. Take care, sincerely

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (241)	12/14/1999 10:55:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 377

Microsoft beefs up Linux evaluation efforts By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com December 14, 1999, 6:05 p.m. PT Microsoft is stepping up its effort to stay on top of Linux, another indication the software giant takes the competing operating system seriously. The Redmond, Washington, company has been evaluating Linux for months--an ordinary process when a new technology emerges--and is now hiring three more employees for the effort, according to the company's Web site. In the past Microsoft has denied that Linux is a threat, but the company's actions prove it's not complacent that the Windows NT operating system rival will go away. The company has published a Web site devoted to the famed Mindcraft study that showed Windows NT outperforming Linux in some tasks. Linux developers all the way up to the level of founder Linus Torvalds took the Mindcraft study as a challenge to improve Linux. Two of the jobs are for people who will "execute Microsoft's Linux strategy," which will be analyzing Linux, coordinating work at the company and educating the Microsoft sales force about the operating system. Microsoft also wants to hire a person who will create the messages and strategies for dealing with "three major competitive focus areas: Sun, Novell and Linux." That person also will "support subsidiaries' efforts to influence and educate press and analysts," the job description said. In addition, the person will analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and pitfalls of the competing products. Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates has predicted Linux will have only a limited effect. But analyst firms such as Dataquest predict Linux will be used on a quarter of servers by 2003. Microsoft's Windows operating system began its popularity in desktop computers, but Microsoft has been trying to push it into more powerful servers with Windows NT, a more robust version. At the same time, Linux, which is derived from the Unix operating system, is moving in the opposite direction. Unix has deep ties to the Internet and with networking in general, so Linux has been a natural fit for companies trying to add Internet infrastructure. Meanwhile, Linux programmers are at work trying to make Linux work on more ordinary desktop computers, where users have less technical expertise.