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Linux Moves to The Desktop

Investor's Business Daily:

A new operating system war is brewing on desktop PCs, and it's not Windows vs. Mac, or even Windows vs. Linux. This time, it's Linux vs. Linux.

Red Hat and Novell - already foes in the market for Linux server software - are taking their fight to the personal computer. The Linux firms hope to sell businesses a single, companywide software platform for both servers and desktops.

The stepped-up Linux rivalry is another sign that the once-renegade operating system is becoming a mainstream alternative to Microsoft Windows. It also marks a new battleground as Linux jumps from servers to PCs used by non-techies.

Novell got big-name backing from longtime Red Hat partner Hewlett-Packard, which will sell and support SuSE-brand Linux on its business PCs in the second half of the year. HP already sells SuSE Linux for business servers, along with a similar Linux product from Red Hat.

Posted by Bob King at April 14, 2004 07:53 PM | TrackBack
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