LINUX

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LINUX

• Welcome to Linux
• An Innovative Computer Operating System

Presenter Anthony Foster Email
Myst504crw_at_aol.com Date 30 October 2004
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Table of Contents

• History of Linux
• Linux Current Uses
• Linux Verses Microsoft and Future Competition
• Some Firms Currently Using Linux
• Future of Linux
• Personal Interviews
• Bibliography

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History of Linux

• What is Linux?1,2
• Why Linux?1,2
• What is Red Hat Linux?1,2

1Negus, Christopher. Red Hat Linux
Bible. California (IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
1999) 3-4. 2Welsh, Matt, Matthias K.
Dalheimer, and Lar Kaufman. Running Linux.
California (OReilly Association, Inc.
1999) 3-6.
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Linux Features

• Multi-users3
• Multi-tasking3
• Graphical User Interface (X Window System)3
• Hardware Support3
• Networking Connectivity3
• Network Servers3
• Application Support3

Negus, 6-7.
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Linux Verses Microsoft and Future Competition

• Threat to Microsoft2,7
• Servers and Desktop8, 9
• Compatible Software Development6
• Threat to Others because of its versatility4, 5

4 Gifford, Adam. Trickle of Interest
in Linux Starts to Become a Corporate Flood.
Onlinehttp//www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business
storydisplay.cfm?storyID3601738thesectionbusine
ssthesubsectiontechnologythesecondsubsectionin
formation 2. 5 Introduction to Linux
and Linux.com. Onlinehttp//www.linux.com/articl
e.pl?sid02/03/09/1727250 1. 6 Linux
Office Suite Goes Gold. Online
http//www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2393429579.html
1. 7 Loftus, Jack. Linux Gains are
More Than Money. Onlinehttp//searchenterpriseli
nux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_
gci1017263,00.html 1. 8 Negus, 5.
9 Welsh, 7.
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Some Firms Currently Using Linux

• Suse A 500-person German Organization recently
  acquired by IBM10
• Novell A 6000-person organization10
• IBM Multi-Million Dollar International
  Corporation with a strong Asian influence10
• Oracle One of the world leaders in computer
  hardware and software development10

10 Gifford, Adam. Trickle of
Interest in Linux Starts to Become a Corporate
Flood. Onlinehttp//www.nzherald.co.nz/business/
businessstorydisplay.cfm?storyID3601738thesectio
nbusinessthesubsectiontechnologythesecondsubse
ctioninformation 1-3
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Future of Linux

• Gains in Market Share11, 14
• Surpassed Apples Market Share
• Expected to gain 6 over next two years
• Innovations
• Single Logon to Active Directory, mail and
  calendar applications, Lotus Notes, and Microsoft
  Exchange11
• Device management to enhance hardware driver
  support allowing Linux to become a more
  supportive hardware platform than competitors13
• Open Source Real-Time project designed to
  increase Linuxs ability to operate
  communications equipment, industrial components
  and automotive systems12,14

• 11 Adelstein, Tom. Looking Into The
  Future of Linux.
• Onlinehttp//www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2538
  828150.html 1.
• 12 Hochmuth, Phil. MontaVista Looks
  to Make Linux the RTOS Leader.
  Onlinehttp//www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id1
  032707288fp2fpid 1.
• 13 Introduction to Linux and
  Linux.com.
• Onlinehttp//www.linux.com/article.pl?sid02/03/0
  9/1727250 1.
• 14 Vaugh-Nichols, Steven J. Gartner
  Give Nod to Prime-Time Linux. Onlinehttp//www.e
  week.com/article2/0,1759,1679959,00.asp 2.

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Personal Interviews

• Subject 1
• Name Jung Lee
• Job Title/Organization IT Operator/Private
  Contractor
• Phone Number [phone]
• Subject 2
• Name Rashad Warbington
• Job Title/Organization Systems
  Administrator/Plans and Programs Division
• Phone Number [phone]
• Subject 3
• Name Zachary McCoy
• Job Title/Organization Administrative
  Asst/Plans and Program Division
• Phone Number [phone]

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Bibliography

• Adelstein, Tom. Looking Into The Future of
  Linux.
• Onlinehttp//www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2538
  828150.html
• Gifford, Adam. Trickle of Interest in Linux
  Starts to Become a Corporate Flood.
• Onlinehttp//www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business
  storydisplay.cfm?storyID3601738thesectionbusine
  ssthesubsectiontechnologythesecondsubsectionin
  formation
• Hochmuth, Phil. MontaVista Looks to Make Linux
  the RTOS Leader.
• Onlinehttp//www.linuxworld.com.au/index.ph
  p/id1032707288fp2fpid1
• Introduction to Linux and Linux.com.
• Onlinehttp//www.linux.com/article.pl?sid02/03/0
  9/1727250
• Linux Office Suite Goes Gold.
• Online http//www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2393429
  579.html

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Bibliography (Cont)

• Loftus, Jack. Linux Gains are More Than Money.
  
• Onlinehttp//searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com
  /originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1017263,00.html
  
• Negus, Christopher. Red Hat Linux Bible.
• California IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. 1999.
• Vaugh-Nichols, Steven J. Gartner Give Nod to
  Prime-Time Linux.
• Onlinehttp//www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,167995
  9,00.asp
• Welsh, Matt, Matthias K. Dalheimer, and Lar
  Kaufman. Running Linux.
• California OReilly Association, Inc. 1999.