“Meanwhile, the open-source Linux operating system may steal
some of the thunder from the Redmond, Wash., giant. While
Microsoft is banking on Windows 2000, HP is hedging its bets that
Linux is going to become an increasingly popular OS for its
customers who need servers. HP’s dual-OS strategy shows that
Microsoft faces challenges as it looks to move more deeply into
corporate data centers once solely the domain of hugely expensive
mainframe computers.
HP said today it will be offering Windows 2000 versions on its
NetServer line of Intel-based servers. But HP is also moving to
make a version of Linux available for its high-end chip family,
called PA-RISC, and the company is part of an effort to make Linux
available on powerful servers using Intel’s first 64-bit chip,
called Itanium.
The Linux operating system is particularly popular for use in
controlling servers, and many see it as competing both with Windows
and Unix. It was developed by Linus Torvalds and countless other
programmers and has quickly found its way into the product lines of
the world’s biggest computing companies”
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