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Abstract:
Linux has now grabbed 25% of the server operating system market share, passing Novell and knocking on Windows's door. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Linux to score well with non-PC devices such ... Although
Linux will almost certainly not duplicate the market ... its credibility as an alternative
OS is increasing. ...
Published:
2000-03-15
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Abstract:
Red Hat still controls the Linux market, but now it’s getting some competition from SuSE, Caldera, and TurboLinux. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
Red Hat still controls the Linux market, but now it’s getting some competition from SuSE, Caldera, and TurboLinux.
Published:
2000-09-13
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Abstract:
Red Hat still controls the Linux market, but now it’s getting some competition from SuSE, Caldera, and TurboLinux. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
Red Hat still controls the Linux market, but now it’s getting some competition from SuSE, Caldera, and TurboLinux.
Published:
2000-09-13
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Abstract:
Linus Torvalds and the Linux community released another test version of the Linux 2.4 kernel in late May, 2000. New features
are delaying this version which was originally scheduled for October 1999. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Linux 2.4 will have enough features to satisfy most server requirements for an OS
- unless you're running an IBM System 390 or a Sun E10000. ...
Published:
2000-07-06
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Abstract:
After less than a quarter in retail outlets, Handspring’s Palm-OS based Visor has sprung past Windows-based handhelds in
market share. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Visor is lacking, relative to Pocket PC devices, is a color display. However, color-display
MS devices have been out for approximately a year, Palm OS is still ...
Published:
2000-07-18
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Abstract:
Red Hat, Inc., and Dell Computer Corporation today extended their strategic alliance, with Dell committing to factory-install
Red Hat Linux on all future and currently shipping Dell« PowerEdge« server models. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... 2 PC server provider worldwide, was the first major ... vendor to factory-install
Red Hat Linux across its ... installation of an operating system (OS) customizes
each ...
Published:
1999-12-15
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Abstract:
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates used Comdex to present his next hardware solution, a pen-computing tablet-sized PC code named,
amazingly enough, the Tablet PC. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... based computing are the "next big thing(s)" in the PC hardware arena. ...
Mobile Linux", a scaled-down version of the increasingly popular Linux OS,
and something ...
Published:
2000-11-15
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Abstract:
Dell now has begun selling two models of its laptops with Linux preinstalled. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... IBM also has made sure Linux works with a model of its ThinkPad laptops, but there were
... Dell got around the modem problem by using a PC Card modem, the Dell ...
Published:
2000-02-18
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Abstract:
Dell Computer takes #1 position in US PC market share, passing Compaq. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
Dell Takes Over the #1 Spot in the US PC Market. R ... probability). Table 1 - US PC
Shipments, 1999 Q2 (Thousands of Units) [Source:IDC]. ...
Published:
1999-09-10
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Abstract:
Red Hat, Inc., and Dell Computer Corporation today extended their strategic alliance, with Dell committing to factory-install
Red Hat Linux on all future and currently shipping Dell« PowerEdge« server models. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... 2 PC server provider worldwide, was the first major ... vendor to factory-install
Red Hat Linux across its ... installation of an operating system (OS) customizes
each ...
Published:
1999-12-15
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Abstract:
In the U.S. desktop PC market, Hewlett Packard and Gateway have been closely embroiled for the #3 position in the market.
This trend will not continue. TEC forecasts a widening lead for HP throughout 2000. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... This will be an interesting project - especially the Linux desktop appliance PC
- but it doesn't do much for the high-potential business market. ...
Published:
2000-05-26
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Abstract:
Hewlett Packard announced that the e-Vectra sealed case would include an “easy swap” hard drive. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Bell PCs in US | Corel and PC Chips to Accelerate Mass Desktop Deployment of Linux
| Gateway, Dell ... Information Appliances" | Sony Picks Palm OS | Intel Invests ...
Published:
2000-05-02
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Abstract:
TechnologyEvaluation.com has completed its analysis of the innate functionality of three desktop operating systems – Microsoft
Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 6.2, and Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4. The winner is Caldera. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
TechnologyEvaluation.com has completed its analysis of the innate functionality of three desktop operating systems – Microsoft
Windows 2000, Red H...
Published:
2000-06-15
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Abstract:
Linus Torvalds and the Linux community released another test version of the Linux 2.4 kernel in late May, 2000. New features
are delaying this version which was originally scheduled for October 1999. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Linux 2.4 will have enough features to satisfy most server requirements for an OS
- unless you're running an IBM System 390 or a Sun E10000. ...
Published:
2000-07-06
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Abstract:
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates used Comdex to present his next hardware solution, a pen-computing tablet-sized PC code named,
amazingly enough, the Tablet PC. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... based computing are the "next big thing(s)" in the PC hardware arena. ...
Mobile Linux", a scaled-down version of the increasingly popular Linux OS,
and something ...
Published:
2000-11-15
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Abstract:
IBM has announced that it will now provide Linux support and services for its largest machines, the S/390 Series of mainframes/servers. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
IBM has announced that it will now provide Linux support and services for its largest machines, the S/390 Series of mainframes/servers.
Published:
2000-06-09
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Abstract:
Dell Computer announced its plans to provide Internet-based, automated customer support. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... Bell PCs in US | Corel and PC Chips to Accelerate Mass Desktop Deployment of Linux
| Gateway, Dell ... Information Appliances" | Sony Picks Palm OS | Intel Invests ...
Published:
1999-09-03
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Abstract:
Gateway, Dell and others plan desktop 'Internet appliances' -- running on little or no Microsoft software. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... bulk of the initial market impact will be on the home/consumer PC market, since ...
This announcement is also an attempt to break free of Microsoft's OS domination ...
Published:
1999-11-10
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Abstract:
In what may be another attempt to gain some kind of foothold in the handheld and embedded-OS market, rumors are floating
that Microsoft will open the source code for Windows CE. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... so they can afford to consider giving away the OS. ... of acceptance/usage
will not apply to Linux as they ... not replace the good ol' desktop PC,
their functionality ...
Published:
2000-04-10
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Abstract:
Intel has invested in eSoft, a maker of Linux-based servers for small businesses, the chip giant's fourth Linux investment.
Intel will help the company develop software for Linux servers designed to be used on the Internet. (...)
Excerpt related to
pc linux os:
... One of the indirect effects of this announcement is movement of the Linux server choice
away from the risky OS-based decision and closer to the product-based ...
Published:
1999-11-17