OS: IBM,
HP, Intel, and NEC team up to form Linux lab, Yahoo/Reuters, 8/30.
Consortium "to form an independent lab for Linux developers to expand
the alternative operating system for heavy business tasks."
Could Eazel kill the Mac?,
Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 8/30. Jobs promised OS X in two weeks, but
Linux with Eazel could be stiff competition.
OS: OS X beta
release date announced, Kyle D'Addario, Mac Observer, 8/29. "If OS
X is half of what it promises to be, and Beta is half of that, then we
will still have the best operating system in the world."
OS: BSD's big
break?, Wide Open News, 3/12. BSD Unix is older than Linux, should
benefit from merger of FreeBSD and BSD/OS as Open Source.
Opinion: Is Microsoft's business plan
obsolete?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2/29. While
Linux challenges Windows, free suites also challenge MS Office.
OS: 64-bit
Linux arrives, ZDNet/Yahoo, 2/3. Trillian consortium will have
Itanium-optimized Linux ready when the chip ships - which could give
them a lot of time.
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