Re: [newbie] OT - Is Linux breaking Microsoft's grip?

2002-11-07 Thread meteor
To replace one monopoly by another isn't a solution. Best about Microsoft is perhaps, that it keeps up the dream to create a whole new OS to replace MS Windows by playing there own special role. Have you ever realized that there is a waste amount of OS out? E.g. BeOS, FreeBSD, AtheOS, to name only

[newbie] OT - Is Linux breaking Microsoft's grip?

2002-11-07 Thread Sharrea
Is Linux breaking Microsoft's grip? http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-964310.html The European Union awarded on Thursday a $249,000 (250,000 euro) contract to U.K.-based system-integrator Netproject to study the feasibility of moving the information systems of several member countries' governments