| Microsoft rivals return to the fray armed with Linux [The Age - Australia] |
Sep. 13, 2002
Linux software vendors are pushing into the desktop market with Sun making an announcement about their offering next week reports Don Clark in The Age from Australia . . .
" . . . chief weapon is the Linux operating system, which is popular in back-office computers called servers yet has generally flopped in personal computers. But a combination of technology improvements, economic pressures and a change in Microsoft's pricing is increasing the appeal of Linux-based PCs in some business settings, such as customer-service centres, stores and factories . . . "
"In the biggest development, Microsoft arch-rival Sun Microsystems Inc next week plans to announce its first fully fledged commitment to Linux on desktop PCs. The computer maker, whose server business has been hurt by low-end systems running Microsoft Windows, is determined to counterattack by cutting into Microsoft's franchise in desktop-PC software . . . "
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