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Technology Stocks : LINUX -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: g_m10 who wrote (1131)	2/28/1999 2:37:00 AM
From: Rusty Johnson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2615

Does this look bizarre to anyone else? msnbc.com According to ZDLabs' results, each of the commercial Linux releases ate NT's lunch. The lead story on MSNBC? Why Linux should be running your server. Linux up close: Time to switch Review: Commercial releases of the operating system are ready for your server business By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols & Eric Carr, Sm@rt Reseller ZDNET Feb. 26 — Forget Linux's hype. Forget Microsoft Corp.'s server market share. The bottom line, according to our hands-on analysis, is that commercial Linux releases can do much more with far less than Windows NT Server can. Found this on slashdot.org Peter Neves writes " There is a Linux story on the very front page of the MSNBC Technology Section, "the front slide" as they call it, on why Linux should be the OS running your server. While the story gives a technical overview on the features and performance of several distributions in comparison to NT, the summary says that Linux is not capable of "Competing with the 800 pound Gorilla" of the MS Marketing and distribtution channels. " Hype? What hype? Linux ... and on the lunch menu -- NT of course.