“Support for alternative operating systems especially Linux has
gained momentum as Microsoft’s perennial opponents snipe at the
company’s strategy of expanding its desktop dominance into the
big-iron server business…”
“Linux is a significant opportunity for Dell and we’re all
over it,” Mr Dell told a teleconference of analysts and press last
Thursday…”
“Fierce competition in the server business a market with far
more alternatives than the desktop is being fuelled by high-stakes
investments in Linux players.”