NetworkWorldFusion: Showtime for Linux

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"With The SCO Group's licensing issues roiling in the background and Microsoft demonstrating a Linux alternative, IT professionals aren't distracted and are expected to do more than just window-shop this week at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York.

"'We're looking into what Linux can do for us in terms of real-time performance as opposed to more-expensive proprietary operating systems,' says Hank DeGregorio, a senior engineering staff member at Lockheed Martin who will attend the show. Lockheed Martin, which uses Linux clusters in its product development, is evaluating embedded Linux as a future component of its products..."

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