> BusinessWeek has a whole coverage of Linux on the current issue. A lot of
> interesting articles all related to Linux (from a business perspective):
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm

"How did Linux make the jump into the mainstream? A trio of powerful forces converged. 
First,
credit the rotten economy. Corporations under intense pressure to reduce their 
computing bills
began casting about for low-cost alternatives. Second, Intel Corp., the dominant maker 
of
processors for PCs, loosened its tight links with Microsoft and started making chips 
for
Linux."

The things one learns from magazines.

I didn't know Linux needs a different chip.  One of the main reasons OS/2 didn't catch 
on was
that many people thought it only ran on PS/2s.

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