Linux companies beat Microsoft in Itanium support, Dec 21, 2000

A version of Microsoft Windows for Intel's upcoming high-end Itanium chip won't be available when the chip arrives, but rival operating system Linux will.

Intel blames Linux vendors for not keeping up to date with its code base

SuSE has issued a fix so computers with the Pentium 4 CPU from Intel will boot under Linux

Key3Media Group, Inc. (NYSE:KME) announced today that LINUX Business Expo-Las Vegas has completed its first full year of existence with record growth

Flash VOS has developed a super operating system, called SOS, that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently by creating virtual machines inside your machine (Virtualization). i.e.- Run SuSe, Turbo Linux, Caldera, Windows 95, WIndows 98, Windows 2000, OS/2, Unix and DOS 6.0 on your PC at the same time. Share devices and files between OSes. Run multi-lingual environments. Remote monitor and control a PC and install new OSes or applications over the Internet. Better yet, while you are working on your PC, launch an application or AOL without launching an OS. You do not need a different version for each OS, like VMWare(might I add- at the fraction of the cost, as well). No, we are not an application that runs on top of the OSes and uses emulation or simulation. No, this isn't code-morphing, like what Transmeta is trying to do. Our Super OS runs in the BIOS and uses Flash Memory. We are OS independant. We are the layer below the OS and above the Hardware Abstraction Layer. You can install our super O/S with nothing on your PC. That's right, no OS needed. We are completely OS independant. As a matter of fact, you can install our super O/S on your Windows 98 machine without interrupting you current environment and SOS will automatically place itself under the OS and transform your current OS into a virtual machine. Then you can create and resize partitions on the fly. Just create a new partition and install Linux into that partition. Now, you have Linux and Windows 98 on that machine. Just keep adding!!!! Never upgrade again or be OS dependant again. Now you're in control!! Our technology is a new technology which we have patented, called Virtualization. We have been able to do what others are still trying to research. We have been in stealth mode for 4 years, which is why you haven't heard of us already and we are launching our product in November at COMDEX. VISIT US AT www.flashvos.com and purchase SOS today at an introductory price.

Now that the European Union has taken action against Microsoft, Linux companies are confident that it will help them gain ground

Fujitsu Siemens has boosted its technical support and consulting services for customers using Linux, through a deal with services company Linuxcare.

Conectiva will use the investment to help expand its service network to other Latin American locations; stimulate Open Source application software projects in vertical markets such as education, SOHO and public administration, among others; and consolidate its service provider partnership network in the supporting, consulting and training areas throughout Latin America.

Article talks about the growing popularity in small business of entry-level server appliences running Linux.

SGI Japan Ltd. has announced plans to develop and sell packages comprising hardware, Linux, applications, consulting as well as SI services and user education.

Popular Power has announced a preview release of its client software for Linux. Linux users can now download the Popular Power software for distributed computing efforts.

Companies that have traditionally worked closely with Microsoft are now turning toward Linux and Open Source movement.

MSC.Software Corporation has announced the release of MSC.Nastran DMP (distributed memory parallel) on Linux, the first Linux simulation appliance of its kind. This technology will enable customers to achieve supercomputer performance with PCs.

Dell said Toyota Motor Corp.'s (TM) Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. unit will equip every Toyota and Lexus dealer with a Dell PowerApp.web 100 appliance server to provide dealers with customized product information.

Network Ice Inc. last week unveiled BlackIce Agent for Linux, which it says is the first commercial intrusion-detection system for the platform.

International Business Machines Corp. plans to announce on Wednesday a commercial version of the Linux operating system designed for its mainframe computers

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