Boom of Linux around the globe!!
Date: 1996/09/16
Message-ID: <51ksi4$rib_at_newsbf02.news.aol.com>
Microsoft is preventing entry of other popular operating systems
and browsers like Netscape,Linux,etc.. !! Microsoft is completely closed
and is not open (does not port apps to other OSes and does not give the
OS source code to public). Few months ago, in the
news(TV/Radio/Newspapers)
U.S govt dept of justice was filing law suites against microsoft for
unfair business practices...
For example, your company has hundred 486 PCs, and you have to Win95 or NT it costs you -
OS 100 x $800 = $80,000 C/C++ compiler 100 X $1000 = $100,000 Total = $180,000
With Linux you will get everything for $50 and you can install on
unlimited number of PCs or workstations!!! Linux is completely FREE of
cost!
Linux has the following features-
- Has Windows 95 GUI interface!!!
- Wine/Wabi Windows 3.1 emulator and you can run all the microsoft windows programs!!
- Has Native Office pack like - Staroffice, Applixware, Corel which has word processor, presentation program, spreadsheet,etc....
- Supports all of the Unix programs written for Sun, HPUX, AIX, etc...
- Runs databases like informix, oracle, etc...
- Has native Netscape Browser!!!
- Runs all of the Java applications!! Has built in Java virtual engine!!
- Has 14 million installed base world-wide and is growing very rapidly by every month 8 million!!! Much bigger than Windows NT!!
- Entire source code of kernel is given to you!! You can tell me if there are any bugs in them! It is 100% perfect OS.
- Posix certified and is used by US govt offices and universities!!
- Linux is UNIX95 branded....!!!
- Opinion poll in Info World (No.1 magazine) indicates about 97% of corporations will consider using linux (In July/Aug 96 issues). Whereas NT poll indicated only 4% of corporations considering upgrading.
- Every computer book store has hundreds of titles on linux.
Please visit the following siteshttp:
//www.linux.home http://www.linux.org http://www.li.org http://www.caldera.com http://www.redhat.com
Linux is a powerful operating system on Intel processors 386 to Pentiums,
Sun Sparc,
Power PC, Apple Macintosh, DEC alpha cpus.....and much more to be
supported..
It is ONLY OS in the world which is free in cost and also the entire
source code is
given to you!!!
The linux is a robust, high-quality 32-bit GUI, multiuser, multitasking and multimedia operating system that has gained loyal users among businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies, and PC enthusiasts worldwide.
Linux is a viable and low-cost PC alternative to DOS- and Windows-based operating systems or network servers. It includes the standard Unix graphical interface, the X-Windows System, supports both 32- and 64-bit platforms and provides high performance networking with configurations that are otherwise impossible for NT or DOS-based servers.
In recent months, a number of business applications have been created for Linux and marketed by several commercial developers. These include database, spreadsheet, word processing, graphics, and more. Well-known applications like WordPerfect and Netscape now have versions of their software ported to Linux. Furthermore, the existence of DOS and Macintosh emulations (a Windows emulation is on the way) allows Linux to run much of today's popular MS-DOS and Mac software.
Also known for its flexible Internet connectivity, Linux comes with its
own
web server software, programming tools, E-mail and other utilities. In
fact, more than half of all Internet Service Provider (ISP) sites set up
last year were Linux-based; ISP managers have found the combination of
Linux' price, power, and flexibility well-suited to their growing
businesses.
Because of the high demand for skilled Unix programmers, Linux is also an
ideal way for novices to learn Unix systems concepts and programming.
Developers have a complete Unix development workstation with Linux, one
that includes the extensive programming tools and languages for a fraction
of the cost of other Unix systems. Furthermore, everything they create
may
be distributed royalty-free.
Received on Mon Sep 16 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST