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Re: Muta/meeting (hoping to close argument)



> >Nor am I, and for a similar reason. I just think by giving the people a 
> >choise we will get the Big Ones to make better products, thats all.
> >A little cometition never hurts...
> 
> The stress there should be on the word "little". Be realistic, Linux
> is no competition for Microsoft and it never will be unless millions
> of $$ are poured by someone in a gigantic global marketing campaign.
> Again, I really don't think that most "Group A" people are there to
> compete with MS and other giants, I think most are there to have fun.
> MS and the like are there to make more and more money.

I do not think that is very true in the world of today. Linux may not be
able to compete with various Micro$oft products for the home (i.e. 
Windows/95, Word, Powerpoint and other similar stuff). However, in the
networking division, I can safely say that Linux is way ahead, and not
only technically.

According to several studies I've read, Linux holds its place as the second
most widely used OS by Internet Service Providers in the US (The first 
being SunOS/Solaris). I dare say that around 90% of all Israeli ISPs use 
Linux.

Also, an interesting phenomenon we have seen in the past year is
commercial support for Linux. The so-called "amateur" OS developed by a
meager 24-year-old CS student is being endorsed by various large companies
who see the sense in it (Digital for example). There are also companies
whose sole target audience is Linux users (Caldera, Red Hat). More and
more companies are starting to release drivers for Linux as well as
Windowz (ISDN, ettc.). I think Linux can effectively become the networking
OS instead of Windows/NT, which in my opinion, doesn't even come close to
Unix, not to mention that it hasn't been around for that long.

Shay

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Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il                 Finger for PGP public key



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