This came to my inbox today. Apparently George isn't the only one hearing
more and more about linux.
Steve Scarbrough
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ENGINEERS WEEKLY
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February 28, 2002 - Issue No. 158
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1) Furo's Notes
2) What's New on CramSession?
The Future of Fast Networking: 10 GB Ethernet
Printing 102
Security Templates in Windows 2000
Customizing the WinXP Command Prompt
Make Sure It's Never Your Fault - Part 3
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From Chipzilla to Netzilla
Increasing Solar Density
Compaq Upgrades Storage Offerings
Intel to Launch Mobile Pentium 4
Firewall NIC
Novell Launches Portal System
Sketchy PHP Scripting Security
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The Lighter Side
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1) Furo's Notes
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Those of you that have been in this game for six or eight
years (or longer) will remember the hoopla that Windows NT
generated in the server market. Every major hardware vendor
scrambled to include Windows NT in their server builds, a
space previously dominated by NetWare and a couple of Unix
variants. Since that time, without question Windows NT/2000
has made major progress in corporate IT departments, .
Here we are several years later, and vendors are scrambling
again. Not for Windows, mind you, but... you guessed it...
Linux. Not only are the major names cranking out Intel-based
servers with Linux pre-installed, but non-Intel hardware is
also seeing a huge expansion into the open source
environment. The latest name added to the list is Sun, after
they dumped plans to continue the x86 edition of Solaris,
essentially replacing it with Linux. A step further, Linux
compatibility is a part of the Solaris operating system
these days, allowing administrators to use many familiar
Linux commands, utilities and applications within Solaris.
Most of the major hardware manufacturers are embracing Linux
in some way or another, be it servers pre-loaded with some
flavor or even workstations built as Linux workstations.
WalMart is selling PCs for the techie types that don't want
a copy of Windows with them, presumably to attract a few of
the open source types.
And let's not forget the Mac. While it isn't Linux per se,
many Linux apps can be recompiled to run natively under
MacOS X, showing the cross-platform nature of open source.
Consider it a fad? Think again, folks. Many corporate
environments are welcoming Linux with open arms because of
the less intense hardware requirements, price and ability to
tweak, customize and even patch the operating system without
vendor involvement. If the skills exist, there is absolute
freedom to implement your own fix for a problem that you
come across, not to mention the hordes of developers that
are constantly working on their own to come up with
innovative ways of doing things, all outside of a vendor's
bank accounts.
Sure, there are vendor implementations, and they do provide
some pretty serious value, but the point is that you have a
choice in how you put Linux to work. Use as much or as
little of it as you like, and still know that you can use
other technologies right alongside your Linux boxes. I'm
growing fonder of Linux every day, and it seems I'm not
alone.
Until next week... Keep the Token passing!
-Furo
Randy Nieland
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