“… Dell Computer Corp., the top supplier of corporate personal
computers, on Tuesday became the latest computer maker to throw
support to Linux, an alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows
software.”
“In a series of announcements, Dell said it had taken an equity
stake in Red Hat … and was now offering to install Linux on some
Dell server and workstation computers and would shortly offer it on
desktops.”
“Linux … is maintained by far-flung group of software
programmers instead of controlled by one company as UNIX and rival
Windows NT from Microsoft are.”