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Linux is a rising star in the geeky back office of computing.
Its gains have come as an operating system for the data-serving computers that run corporate networks and serve up webpages. On the desktop, however, Microsoft's Windows still reigns supreme.
But IBM and the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), whose membership includes Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Intel, are beginning a drive to promote Linux as an alternative to Windows on desktops.
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