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Information Week: More Power For Xeon — Upgrade May Give IT Managers More Reason To Use Intel In High-End Servers

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 1999

“Linux has better communications security than NT, and
Register.com runs that operating system on most of its 45
Intel-based Gateway servers.”

“Intel and vendors alike say Windows NT is an increasingly
scalable and reliable operating system for Xeon servers. But Intel
has also been touting its chips as “operating system agnostic,” and
some users prefer to run their critical apps on Unix-on-Intel
servers.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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