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To: zurdo who wrote (13548)	4/7/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: Annette	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27722

I just talked to my husband on his car phone and told him about the LINUX deal...he said "Sh*t!! that is HUGE!!! Now I am afraid to SELL that stock!!!"

To: zurdo who wrote (13548)	4/7/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

I also think that this could be very BIG. Just last week, a friend called and asked me "How would you invest in LINUX? What's their symbol". I explained to him that it wasn't a particular company to invest in. Now I could tell him that the symbol to invest in LINUX is NAVR! The funny thing is that he owns some NAVR already! It would be ironic if this turned out to be bigger news than the IPO (after all of this...)

To: zurdo who wrote (13548)	4/7/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: KaiserSosze	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

Thanks zurdo. I'm reading up on the potential now, and it seems that I certainly underestimated the impact of this announcement. I felt like Cheney was kind of giddy when I spoke to him yesterday, but I interpreted that to mean that the IPO announcement was forthcoming (which it still might be as well)! Well, let's all see how this all translates to $$$ tomorrow. Best of luck.

To: zurdo who wrote (13548)	4/7/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

Zurdo and everyone else: Do you know the other distributors besides NAVR? Also, about how much does a distributor normally get per copy? Lynn

To: zurdo who wrote (13548)	4/7/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: d. alexander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27722

Zurdo; remembered seeing this re: Linux in the WSJ, & thought some might be interested- April 5, 1999 Tech Center Linux Operating System Makes Inroads but Lags Behind Rivals By LEE GOMES Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL The Linux operating system has made major inroads in computing but isn't ready for the technology world's toughest jobs, a new study concludes. D.H. Brown Associates Inc., a Port Chester, N.Y., technology consulting group, says in the report that Linux is inferior to commercial operating systems, including Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT, for many of the most-demanding but common tasks involved in running large businesses. But while Linux currently is outpaced by NT and commercial versions of the Unix operating system, which dominates in advanced-computing applications, it might close that gap in coming years as work continues on the software, the report says. The report, to be released Monday, is among a number of recent and generally positive assessments of Linux, the free operating system developed under the direction of Linus Torvalds, a Finnish programmer now living in the U.S. An underground hit for years, Linux has burst on to the commercial scene in recent months, with many big computer companies announcing support for the software. The momentum is such that International Data Corp. of Framingham, Mass., is predicting in a new study that use of Linux will grow at a rate of 25% over the next four years -- or at least double the growth rate expected for any other operating system. Currently popular with "server" computers used for midrange-computing jobs, Linux will begin moving to the desktop world dominated by Microsoft, IDC predicts, as more programs and easier-to-use interfaces become available for it. Indeed, Tony Iams, author of the D.H. Brown study, said that even if it makes no further gains, Linux has already had a major effect in the computing world by slowing the growth of Windows NT. Internet service providers, the heaviest users of Linux, until recently had been presumed to be the next technology realms for Microsoft to conquer with NT. Mr. Iams said Linux excels in four areas: Internet providers, entry-level computer networks, specialized computing devices such as network routers, and scientifically oriented computer "clusters" that link scores of PCs to make a single supercomputer. But he said Linux currently lacks some of the features demanded by corporations that intend to run their entire business on computers. Among them are the ability to run simultaneously on many processors in a single computer and to keep a log of what the computer has done. Work on Linux is overseen by Mr. Torvalds and conducted by a global network of computer enthusiasts. In interviews, Mr. Torvalds has said that he is anxious for Linux to continue to grow in its capabilities so that it equals even the best commercial software. Mr. Iams said it remained to be seen whether the Linux community could take the operating system to a higher technical level. That sort of work, he said, is usually conducted by computer companies working directly with their own hardware. While most big computer suppliers have announced Linux projects in recent months, those companies are still putting the bulk of their research dollars into their own Unix versions, said Mr. Iams. The D.H. Brown study says the strongest operating system for general business computing is the Unix made by International Business Machines Corp., followed, in order, by the Unix offerings from Sun Microsystems Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Windows NT ranked below H-P's Unix in the ranking, but ahead of Linux. Linux fares better in more specialized tests, though. In one recent test by Smart Reseller, a trade publication, Linux proved to be more than 2 1/2 times faster than Windows NT in certain common computer-networking tasks. Copyright © 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.