Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 01:37:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux looms large: Intel, Netscape slap NT, will invest in Red Hat Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809290135370.26397-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <19980929011717.A10537@nuxi.com>
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Actually.. it does look good. Linux is gaining market share. Free Source. Everyone wins at the end? Well.. depend how you look at it. One thing I hear a lot: Linux is replacing Windows. Good for Linux. I would never want something like that said about FreeBSD. While Linux is too busy replacing Windows95, FreeBSD will continue been FreeBSD. -- Yan I don't have the password .... + Jan Koum But the path is chainlinked .. | Spelled Jan, pronounced Yan. There. So if you've got the time .... | Web: http://www.best.com/~jkb Set the tone to sync ......... + OS: http://www.FreeBSD.org On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, David O'Brien wrote: >This does not look good.. :( >-- David > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_smgraph_display/0,4436,2142107,00.html > >Linux looms large: Intel, Netscape slap NT, will invest in Red Hat > By [40]Robert Lemos, [41]ZDNN > September 25, 1998 4:01 PM PT > > It's a wake-up call for Windows NT. > > On Tuesday, long-time Microsoft ally Intel Corp. and rival browser > maker Netscape Communications Corp. will announce an investment in > [42]Red Hat Software Inc., a distributor of the alternative operating > system Linux, according to a source familiar with the deal. > > The move is a major symbolic blow to Microsoft Corp. > (Nasdaq:[43]MSFT), which has been pushing Windows NT server as a > solution for Internet Service Providers. > > [44][LINK] The announcement is expected to be made at ISPCon Fall '98 > in San Jose, Calif., during a presentation on Linux's future in > business. Intel VP and Director of Sales and Marketing Sean Maloney, > Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, and Linux creator Linus Torvalds > are expected to be on hand for the event. > >..snip.. > >-- >-- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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