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To: crimson who wrote (13724)	4/8/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: KevinThompson	Respond to of 27722

<<What makes Linux special? It is free with free source code.>> ALSO - what makes it special is that it runs on x86 computers, which are typically DOS/Windows only. Sun O/S, HPUX, AIX, etc are typically run only on workstations and mini's. Of course, that is not as much of an issue now as it had been since today typically DOS/Windows Pentium systems are virtually the equivalent to workstations and mini's. Regards, KT

To: crimson who wrote (13724)	4/8/1999 2:04:00 PM
From: Alex Alexiev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27722

Crimson, I also think you're wrong on Linux. What makes Linux potentially very big is that it's OS particularly for servers is no worse than Windows NT, but has a huge price advantage. As a result its market share for servers has gone from 6.8%(1997) to 17.2% last year, while the NT market share actually declined. According to an article in the latest Wired, a 25 person LAN with MS products costs $21.4K vs. $5.5K !!! for Linux. Linux is going to be huge and a great catch for NAVR. Alex