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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (27636)	2/11/2000 4:05:00 PM
From: tiquer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

The Linux comments are obviously a negative," he said. "A lot of the 'dot-com' small companies are jumping on it because it's cheap and works. Let's not say it is the next coming, but it is a negative to Microsoft in that it takes away from its ability to take share in the small-business space. I guess in the end it may be better for Sun share holders to have small businesses start on Linux rather than Windows. I've read a number of articles about the pains of starting on Windoze only to have to switch to Unix/solaris for scalability. Hopefully it will be easier for the new Linux companies to switch to Solaris when needed. Sun's marketing of selling for reduced prices to new Dot.coms is great. Get them on board from the start so they don't have to go through the painful transition to a more robust system news.cnet.com Cheers, Roger