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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (8892)	6/4/2001 12:17:23 PM
From: Ms. Baby Boomer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

The long view on Linux > Gaining momentum in niche areas Linux has demonstrated its worth at the server level and in clustering. In addition to being a robust operating system, its nonproprietary nature allows OEMs to tweak the architecture for resource-intensive applications and environments. It also allows freedom of movement away from Microsoft--something the industry has sought for quite a while. Network administrators report consistent performance advantages of Linux over Windows NT and 2000. It would be a wise move for Microsoft to make its application suites operational on Linux, as the Linux platform continues gaining market share and there remains a shortage of applications for it. We can expect Linux to continue gaining momentum in niche areas such as finance, telecommunications, Web hosting, applications service provision, and similar environments requiring high resilience and reliability. Linux will continue to attract developers in part because of its memory management capabilities, including process swapping, file buffering, and direct memory access (DMA); virtual file system and the second extended file system; and interprocess communication (IPC). enterprise.cnet.com