Microsoft and the Threat of Linux
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Code : COM0040
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Region : USA
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Open Source and Free Software Movement – A Precursor to Linux 'Free Software' and 'Open Source', though used interchangeably, differ in their origins as also in their philosophies. Chronologically, 'Free Software' came as an offshoot of GNU (short for Gnu's Not Unix) project. The GNU project was the brainchild of Richard Stallman, who started the initiative in 1984 as a result of a dispute with AT&T over copyright terms and the distribution of Unix operating system... The Rising Linux Incidentally, after the development of Linux, Internet also was picking up in its reach and thus provided a good communications medium for the new operating system. By 1996, Linux was installed on thousands of computers and was being used for real-time tasks such as serving pages on Websites... The Acceding Giants According to market researcher, International Data Corporation, Linux garnered a 27% share of server operating system software sold in 2000, up from 24% in 1999 and 17% in 1998. The data showed that Linux was one of only two major operating systems that gained market share... |
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