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FR: Linux receives recognition - Just thought you'll be interested.



Hi,

I just thought it'll interest you all, so ..............

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> ________Intel, Netscape Invest In Linux Developer________
> As part of the vendor momentum behind the Linux operating 
> system, Intel, Netscape, and venture capital firms Greylock 
> and Benchmark Partners disclosed yesterday that they had 
> taken minority equity positions in Red Hat Software. Red Hat 
> builds, maintains, and provides technical support for the 
> Red Hat operating system, a derivative of Linux that runs on 
> Intel, Alpha, and Sun Sparc platforms. Financial terms of 
> the agreement were not disclosed.
> 
> "Linux is basically the No. 1 Unix in terms of total number 
> of systems installed," Marc Andreessen, Netscape executive 
> VP of products, said yesterday at the ISPCon trade show in 
> San Jose, Calif. "We think it's a really serious platform. 
> We're going to provide serious support for that, and we 
> think you're going to see a lot of other vendors do that, 
> too."
> 
> Additionally, Red Hat, a 60-employee firm in Triangle 
> Research Park, N.C., says it's establishing an enterprise 
> computing division that will offer enterprise products and 
> services to support global, business-critical applications. 
> According to Red Hat president Robert Young, "As the growing 
> number of users demonstrates, the Linux operating system is 
> ready for enterprisewide applications."  -- John Soat with
> Gregory Dalton
> 
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