[ Thanks to Ernest
Pecounis for this link. ]
“Windows 2000, the successor to NT, will be launched Thursday, a
year late. Meanwhile, companies large and small, tired of waiting
for its promised new features and bug fixes, have turned to Linux
to run their computer systems….”
“Over the past year, however, software developers have started
writing more applications to work with Linux as major computing
companies like Intel, IBM and Dell have expressed interest in the
system, said Tony Piccardi, an analyst for IDC.”
“Linux has gained some credibility by getting some
applications out there and proving that it works in the real
world,” Piccardi said. “The delays in Windows 2000 gave them
the time to do that.”