Linux Weighs In
“The open-source Linux operating system is just one of several
choices for desktop computers, enterprise servers and other common
implementations. Sometimes it is chosen, but often it is not.“But at the high end of the computational power range–in
supercomputers built by national laboratories, NASA or the Defense
Department from clusters of processors–Linux is rapidly gaining
ground on Unix as the operating system of choice…”
Linux Has Its Own Security Holes
“‘Computing systems are very similar, whether they’re called
Linux, [Microsoft Corp.’s] Windows, Unix, [Apple Computer Inc.’s]
MacIntosh or even [Microsoft’s] PocketPC,’ he said. ‘Security from
the high perspective isn’t very different. People for some reason
had had this false sense that [Linux] is different. It isn’t
different at all…'”
Technology Speeds Linux Database Access
“Some applications of high-performance computing require large
databases and the ability to get information into and out of them
quickly. As the Linux operating system matures, some developers are
trying to tackle specific aspects of computing tasks…”