Analysis: A PC
in every pot, Salon, 8/19. Cheap and free PCs open market to
non-Windows operating systems. (Win98 costs manufacturers about $85 per
machine.)
Opinion: Apple's Next
Direction, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 8/2. "The future is OS X, not
BeOS, Linux, or Windows."
OS: This time the
Flavorade is sweet, I, Cringely, 7/15. "Linux is already taking
what would have been at least $2 billion in annual sales away from
Windows NT. Microsoft spokespeople have said as much...."
News: Amiga chooses Linux for next generation OS kernel, MacTimes,
7/14. With Mac going OS X and IBM's OS/2 out of contention, the PC
world will soon be divided between Unix-like operating systems and
proprietary ones (read: Microsoft Windows).
OS: Mac on
Linux runs Mac OS on many PowerPC-based Macs.
OS: What's wrong with
Linux?, Think Secret, 7/8. "The people bandying about the idea that
Microsoft is even remotely threatened by Linux are fools."
Analysis: Microsoft advertising for
Linux?, Christopher Lansdown [Slashdot]. "ZD's [NT vs. Linux] tests prove
that a single CPU Linux box with 256 MB RAM running apache will run
faster than your internet connection!"
OS: NT
vs. Linux, round 2, PC Week, 6/25. "...Windows NT 4.0 still beat
Linux . . . in every performance category, although the margin of
victory was smaller...."
Opinion: Linux,
the experience, osOpinion. "My experiences with Linux were rough at
first, but now I use it almost as my everyday OS."
OS: LinuxPPC 1999
ships, MacWeek, 6/15. "The new installer in LinuxPPC 1999 makes it
easier for users to install the operating system...."
Rumor: Apple ends MkLinux
development, Mac OS Rumors, 6/4. Apple to focus on OS 8.x, OS X,
and leave Linux to other developers.
OS: The
Unix war: Epilogue, osOpinion. "Compare this to the Windows or
Macintosh communities where the OSes, while superficially customizable
in appearance, are virtually identical underneath."
Opinion: Every OS has its
niche, osOpinion. "Mac OS X is the most promising of the bunch."
"The Mac OS is the most mature consumer OS."
OS: AppleTalk
services under Linux, Linux World. "If you're trying to integrate
Mac and Linux environments, the Netatalk suite of programs will take
care of basic communication over file sharing and printing
services."
OS: Designing
the Linux for the masses, osOpinion. "Linux for the masses will be
consistent across all platforms. Users will never need to know Unix to
use Linux for the masses. Common system tasks will be automated."
OS:
SGI to give Linux community source code to XFS file system, ZDNet,
5/24. "The decision is important for the Linux community and for
businesses thinking of adopting Linux, said Iams, because the lack of a
journaled file system is a major deficiency of Linux that is present in
all its competitors."
Web: TheiMac.com moves to new server, 5/27. Move to Unix improves
capacity, plans to move to Mac OS X Server announced. (lowendmac.net
is also moving to Unix. Performance seems about twice as fast as
WebStar on a Power Mac G3.)
Opinion:
Mentality of the OS upgrade, osOpinion. "If you greet crashes with
resignation, then Windows is most suited to your temperament."
OS: Is
it time for Linux?, Network Computing. Pretty balanced comparison
of Linux and Windows.
OS: Major
tech firms embrace Linux, ZDNet, 5/14 [Slashdot]. "Silicon Graphics Inc. is
expected to announce next week that it will make Linux a primary
offering...."
OS: Linux
approaches the enterprise, Intel. "Linux may be a hit in the Web
server arena, but signs point to the operating system becoming a
powerful force in business-critical enterprise applications...."
OS: Linux
for dummies?, Salon, 5/11. "With every new release of a Linux
distribution, the operating system takes another giant hopscotch
forward in addressing one of its most frequently criticized aspects:
ease of use."
OS: Linux
makes it easy to build your own internet server, Byte.com, 5/10. "I
could do it all with my one cable modem and my old 486 machine. In
addition, the Linux OS functioned as a firewall gateway, letting all
the computers on my home network access and browse the Internet
simultaneously."
Opinion: Name
your poison, Mac Opinion, 5/7. Fascinating (albeit lengthy) article
about human folly past and present, including Microsoft and Apple.
Opinion: Linux
Inside!, Daily Mac, 5/7. "The authors all agreed that Linux was the
best thing since sex. So, liking sex, I decided to find out what this
Linux was all about." (also see Linux Links for
Mac Users)
OS: Quad Xeon processors running NT are a weak value proposition,
Linux Today, 5/6. "...poor options for upgrades make it a dead end
system."
OS: Open
benchmark invitation, Mindcraft [Slashdot]. Mindcraft works to regain
credibility from the Linux crowd with a third Windows NT vs. Linux
test, this time involving Linux experts to tune the OS.
OS: Keeping
Linux in tune, Salon, 5/5. "...a bevy of wannabe 'ultimate' central
locations for tuning information have sprung up."
OS: Cool
your jets, penguin, Mac Opinion. "The point here is that I don't
want to be a UNIX expert, I just want to use my Mac to get my work
done."
Overview: Mac, WindowsNT
servers compared, Macworld. "For general file serving in a Mac
environment, don't let anyone force you to abandon the Mac OS."
OS: Practical
manager's guide to Linux, osOpinion. "This document on Linux is
unique in that it speaks the language of business, from the viewpoint
of a corporate user."
OS: Linux
gushes savings for oil giant, Computerworld, 5/3 [Slashdot]. "Saddled with low oil prices and
a need to cut costs, ... Amerada Hess Corp. is saving millions of
dollars by replacing a costly IBM supercomputer with high-end parallel
clusters running Linux...."
OS:
I want to live in a world where software doesn't stink,
BusinessWeek, 4/27. 'I don't think Linux has to be accepted as a
consumer operating system to succeed in the business world, although I
do think it will get there. "
Networking: \Put your files in the fast lane, Macworld Online. "In
this, the first in a series of Macworld articles to focus on working
effectively in a networked world, Macworld Lab tested Mac OS-, Windows
NT-, and even Unix-based servers...."
OS:
Linux steals Microsoft's thunder at Comdex, Nandotimes, 4/19. "The
man who claims to have no marketing machine - evidenced by the meager
two-page handout given at his company's booth at Comdex - says his
system is gaining popularity because it gives people what they
want."
Analysis: Linux: We will
crush Microsoft, ZDNet, 4/20. "Is Torvalds blowing smoke - or is it
feasible that Linux could stomp Windows?"
OS: Linux
shortchanged in comparison, Xappeal, 4/20. "...I use Linux on a
daily basis for word processing, programming, game playing, web
browsing, etc., so I have enough of a grasp on the system to offer a
credible rebuttal to the errors in the original article's
criticisms."
OS: NT
beats Linux...maybe, ZDNet, 4/15. A study commissioned by Microsoft
found that, "Highly tuned NT beats a barely tuned, if that, Linux. But,
there's more to it...."
Analysis: Linux
and OS X: a comparison, Xappeal. "...Linux is only free if your
time is worthless. It offers great stability, but OS X is ready to go
NOW, and anyone who has used the MacOS or NeXTStep can probably set up
a server using it in an afternoon."
OS: Pick
the best OS, osOpinion. "...the winning OS is the best OS when you
consider all the things a computer can do today and what is required to
get it to perform these duties."
OS: Slate slags
Linux, Salon, 3/29. "The subject, of course, is full of land mines
for a Microsoft-owned publication...."
Opinion:
The OS is dead; long live the OS, osOpinion, 3/24. "...OS X, as a
descendant of OpenStep, is a major step toward the disintegration of
the operating system as we know it."
Opinion: The floodgates are
opening, Macinsite, 3/23. "Apple has opened the core source code of
the software to the Open Source community. This move promises to
popularize the operating system to the development community, and will
pave the way for enhancements that Apple's already-outgunned
engineering staff could never accomplish alone."
OS X Server:
They missed the point of OS X Server!, OS Opinion. "When combined
with the new G3 Server model, it is the fastest Apache [web] server
under $5,000, beating NT4 and Linux on an Intel 450 PII by a
significant margin."
OS X Server: Ten Hut!, Tales
from the Mac Side, 3/19. "What OS X should do best is what NT has been
trying desperately to do all along &endash;- bring network
administration down to end-user simplicity levels."
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