LinuxPower interviews Penguin Computing, the Linux Company

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 17, 1999
  • What market segment do you aim your products at?
  • Do you see yourselves increasing the breadth of Penguin
    Computing’s
  • How many people work for Penguin Computing?
  • When did you begin using linux, and when did you come up with
    the idea
  • What as a computer manufacturer do you find is the best thing
    about
  • Now that many large computer vendors are entering the
    Linux
  • Do you plan to use hardware from different platforms, including
    alpha,
  • How do you feel about the closeness of Microsoft now that they
    have a
  • What free software development have you been involved
    with?
  • What distribution do you install by default? If someone wants
    a
  • How do you decide on which components to install in your
    systems?
  • Why do your prices seem higher for comparable systems than
    other
  • What led you to start Penguin Computing?
  • How long has Penguin been in business?
  • Have you seen a marked increase in, say, the past six months in
    the
  • When you first boot a machine set up by Penguin, what starts
    up?

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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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