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To: rupert1 who wrote (61716)	5/19/1999 8:27:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

Price of Linux computers falling By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 19, 1999, 3:45 p.m. PT The options for low-cost Linux computers expanded again today with the rollout of a rack-mounted server for $650 on the eve of Linux Expo. The announcement from IndyBox is one of many coming in advance of the Linux Expo, which begins tomorrow in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also today, Cygnus Solutions said it will work with Alpha Processor Incorporated to improve its compiler technology for Compaq Computer's Alpha chips. The conference will officially kick off with a keynote address from Robert Young, chief executive of Red Hat. Other keynotes will be from Compaq's Jim Gettys, a co-author of the X Windows graphical user interface system, and John Paul, vice president of Netscape Communication's server product division. Cheap is one of the operative words in the Linux world. Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux can be installed at no cost, which has facilitated the trend toward super-cheap computers. A few years ago, a cheap computer cost less than $2,000, but now machines can be bought for less than $400 and relative unknowns such as Emachines have made serious inroads on mainstream PC makers. Another factor is the AMD K6-2 line of processors, the engines behind cheap Linux boxes from companies such as the Linux Store, Penguin Computing, Computing Underground, and IndyBox. Do you want to know more? Read related news View story in The Big Picture Go to Message Boards Search News.com