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To: g_m10 who wrote (1117)	2/25/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Rusty Johnson	Respond to of 2615

Intel Makes Linux Move New Software Tools Will Let Linux Fly on Pentium II and III By Michael J. Martinez ABCNEWS.com Feb. 25 — Forget the Wintel paradigm. How about Linux and Intel … Lintel? Intel Corp. and a small software tool maker called Cygnus Solutions have teamed up to create a way to optimize the Linux operating system, used on desktops and servers, so that it can take advantage of the graphics capabilities and processing power of Intel's Pentium II processors. Intel commonly works with Microsoft and Unix vendors to allow their systems to use the Pentium II's features. Yet this move, which gives Linux a new level of credibility, is but one of a flurry of recent industry attempts to embrace the dark horse, open source operating system — one that could conceivably go head-to-head with Windows. “Linux is becoming a major operating system, from any perspective,” says Mike Pope, director of Intel's enterprise software division. ... Expect more companies to hop on that bandwagon. Cyrix Corp., which makes low-cost computer processors, says it also is interested in working on Linux, once it finalizes its 3-D Now! technology, a rival version of MMX. “We believe Linux is ready to become a major player in the market,” says Stan Swearenten, senior vice president of Cyrix Corp., which was purchased last year by National Semiconductor. “We use Linux in-house for our own engineering and testing. We like it.” abcnews.go.com Thanks to Daniel Schuh.