“Linux — not Windows — is breathing new life into a tiring
Intel platform. Most of the attention being given to Linux focuses
on its open-source model of development, distribution and
support.”
“But the most compelling attribute of the little-OS-that-could
isn’t how it got written. It’s how well it works on x86-based
chips.”
“Simply put, Linux on Intel — which we might as well start
calling “Lintel” — delivers about three times the
price/performance ratio of any other computing platform. Lintel
will run most processes three times faster than Windows NT on the
same hardware, and you won’t have to reboot twice a day.”