Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press december 2000 computers b5 editor Shane Minkin 6977308 linux growth future Rosy once Little More than a programming the linux operating system has emerged As a growing Force in the computer conceived As a free and open com Puter platform the source code and operating software Are freely available Over the internet this uni like alternative to Microsoft windows owes much of its Success to the support it has received from major technology especially linux was essentially As a by finnish computer Whiz kid Linus Torvalds while he was a student at the University of he moved to Santa in 1997 and works for a company that makes smart microprocessors for Mobile inter net to devout linux Torvalds has the Sta Tus of a he began his work in 1991 when he released version and worked steadily until 1994 when version was the current full Fea tured was released in development freely available Torvalds decided the linux source code would be freely available to this Doest mean that linux and its assorted software applications Are always free companies and develop ers May charge for it As Long As the source code remains the operating system is used for a wide variety of purposes including net software and As an end user it is a Good Low Cost alternative to other More expensive operating if you Are willing to put a Little work into linux also has its own the linux the Mascot was selected by who represents the image he associates with the operating system he created which is not to say that linux cant the fact linux has found its especially in the world of business and is starting to according to linux became the 2 operating system in 1999 in new server shipments with million licences and is expected to remain the fastest growing server operating sys tem through with annual growth rate of 28 per the Market Opportunity for software on linux is expected to grow even with relational database servers expected to increase from million us in 2000 to Bil lion in a compound annual growth rate of 226 per linux is seeing increasing usage As a part of Basic it infrastructure at Many said system soft Ware researcher Dan ism announced new e infrastructure software for the announcement is ibis latest initiative to support linux throughout its portfolio of business servers and the move gives ism the broadest database linux support in the from handheld devices to the the company is also delivering three linux Little Penguin linux support firsts the db2 uni Versal database for linux on Intel based networks the Only commercial database software available for linux on the and the Only web application server web available for linux on the the ism announcement news Fol lows on the heels of the first major commercial linux installation in scandinavian largest telecommunications and internet ser vice announced it will replace 70 existing web unix servers with a single ism the company will also replace its existing customer Billing system based on an Oracle database with a linux based while linux continues to find its place in there Are plenty of opportunities for Home users to explore the operating system As according to Michael writing in the linux a weekly online it is easy to become Over whelmed by the vast amount of linux information finding the Best approach to getting help on a particular problem is no Sim ple since linux is an Independent happening no company or sole entity owns what is essentially a continually growing free for All humanity this tangle of information can be but online is where All the action says like most free linux was developed in its entirety by a virtual Community on the and the internet is where youll always find the latest and greatest in linux develop download you can download linux right off the net and onto your be warned this could take quite some time with a regular Modem the general path to take when Down loading advises is first to download a set of installation disks typically five to 10 diskettes from which you install a bar Bones linux system on your reconnect and download the specific applications and packages that you instructions on How to do this can be found at not Only is the internet where All the developments Are taking but this is also where some of the Best help and documentation can be a Good place to Start is the official linux site at you can also e mail the surprisingly reachable Torvalds at . 3 paul.pihichyn@freepr8ss.mb.ca storage space amazing by John Moran read the computer news and youll often hear mention of Moores Law the tendency of computer chips to double in Speed every 12 to 18 the latest effects of Moores Law a term coined after Intel executive Gor Don first noted the Speed Dou bling on display with the release of Intel pentium 4 the with Speed to come at clock speeds of and hard to believe that Only a few months ago the one Gigahertz Mark was but that How Moores Law works today Speed 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