nprise this week will announce that its Borland Delphi and CBuilder tools will soon support Linux, enabling developers familiar with the tools to build native Linux applications and for Windows applications built with them to be ported to Linux relatively easily.

New lab tests confirm Linux is a good solution for a range of server needs. And PC Magazine product guru Michael Miller insists Linux should be on the radar screens of IS pros at most medium to large businesses.

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Stockholm University awarded an honorary doctorate to Linus Torvalds for his accomplishments as the creator of the Linux open-source operating system.

In the past, Linux has always had to play catch up with modern architectures. Today Linux is already supported on the PowerPC, Alpha and is being ported to Intel's upcoming IA-64.

Installing Linux on a laptop is generally much more difficult to get everything working properly than installing Linux on a desktop or server.

In response to the growing popularity of Unix and Linux, computer companies are scrambling to provide more Linux and Unix systems while software companies are promising more applications and customer support.

Given government's focus on total cost of ownership and its insatiable desire to find deals that offer the best value, it should come as no surprise that Linux has reared its head on the operating system scene.

Some 40 per cent of US users deploying Linux do so because they believe it is more reliable than either Unix or Windows NT compared with 13 per cent who implement it because of pricing issues.

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