How Linux Will Succeed: Forget About Windows

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here's an interesting article for Linux guru's.

Kelly
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<SMALL><I>by 133, AnchorDesk</I></SMALL><FONT SIZE=3D0><P></FONT>Penguins=
 throw down your arms. The Linux battle for the desktop is a fruitless wa=
ste of time. <p> I'm saying this for the benefit of the attendees of the =
Linuxfest 2000 conference that gets under way today in Kansas. Techies lo=
ve the open-source operating system created by Linus Torvalds. Unlike Win=
dows, they can modify it to do just what they need. <p> Message to the Li=
nux counterculture: Expecting consumers to abandon the de facto Windows s=
tandard to go to Linux is like asking them to return to DOS. It's not goi=
ng to happen. But Linux can succeed if it does two things successfully: g=
ets big (becomes a popular choice for large enterprises) and gets small (=
becomes embedded OS of choice for small devices). <p> GET BIG Enterprise =
computing is a natural environment for Linux because there are almost as =
many potential applications as there are businesses. Linux offers a syste=
m that is both free and very reliable. It's now the second-most-popular s=
erver OS after Windows NT. <p> But Linux has barriers to becoming the ent=
erprise OS of choice. Dataquest put together the latest stats about why b=
usinesses don't use Linux. These are obstacles that Linux must overcome t=
o grow. <p> Lack of in-house expertise. 25% of businesses shy from Linux =
because their IT staffs don't know how to operate it. This is the biggest=
 reason pointed to, and it won't be easy to overcome that inertia. Free i=
sn't free if you have to hire an engineer to run it. <p> Lack of applicat=
ions. Duh. Almost one-fifth of the businesses that don't use Linux said t=
hey avoid it because they can't run their critical apps. <p> Lack of stan=
dardization. Torvalds keeps a close watch on his program, but Linux could=
 divide itself into the kind of incompatible versions that marginalized U=
nix. Click for more. <p> GET SMALL Cell phones, PDAs, Web pads. They all =
need operating systems. But users don't have to know which one because th=
ey never see it. Linux is already making strides here, but will have to m=
ake more. Here's the latest. <p> Adomo makes cheap information appliances=
 for homes. All of them will run on Linux. Click for more. <p> Axis Commu=
nications makes a Net appliance that will extend the range of wireless si=
gnals using Bluetooth technology for access by PDAs, laptops, Web pads an=
d devices. It does this using a tiny Linux server. Click for more. <p> Li=
neo makes Embedix, a Linux OS for non-PC computers. The company filed for=
 a $60 million public offering. Its latest trick is a layer that allows L=
inux to run Windows CE-compatible applications. <p> Red Hat will acquire =
WireSpeed, which develops Linux-based network and telecommunications soft=
ware for embedded systems. Click for more. <p> Linux stands a chance to b=
ecome a major force in modern computing. But it won't be on the desktop, =
where consumers have already made their choice. But Linux can succeed in =
business, where its reliability is well known, and in small devices, wher=
e the OS is invisible to consumers. Do you think Linux will hit the deskt=
op first, or your handheld? Hit the Talkback button and tell us.<P><P>Rel=
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