Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Oracle, Intel in Linux Server Push
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> | The Intel-Oracle collaboration will call for both companies to work
> | together to ensure timely certification and coordinated delivery of
> | their products into the data center.
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> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54085.html
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> Ontel Linux? Ellintl Servers? Unbreakable Larrix?
>
> Whatever it is, Intel has begun 'betraying' Microsoft and this was pointed
> out by various writers, e.g.:
Who has been betraying Whom?
Linux has been supporting 64 bit processors all the way back to the
Alpha chip and MIPS chips back in 1994-5. Windows was supposed to
support them too.
Intel bought the rights to the Alpha chip, but couldn't sell it because
it wouldn't run Windows.
Intel announced Merced, and Linux was the first to come out with
working, fully functional implementations, even before the first chips
were committed to silicon - using the in-circuit emulators provided by
Intel. In fact, Linux worked so well, they used Linux to debug the
chip.
Microsoft dragged it's feet, finally releasing 64 bit Windows XP only
after AMD released the Athlon 64, with HP releasing desktop and laptop
machines powered by AMD-64 chips, which required Linux to achieve full
performance. HP was prevented from shipping Linux preinstalled because
of their preexisting OEM contracts with Microsoft, but HP did provide a
complete set of drivers to major commercial distributors such as
Novell, Red Hat, and Linspire. This included some of the "binaries
only" drivers for chips such as the ATI FireGL chipset and the Radeon
and Nvidia chipsets, along with some graphics.
If it weren't for some illegal computer searches and pretexting, it's
likely that HP's top executives might have thrown in with Linux
completely, or at least would have force Microsoft to give them an
option to install Linux as primary and Windows as secondary.
One of the hottest features of the Intel Duo is that it provides the
ability to very efficiently run Linux as the primary and Windows as a
Xen Client, using an unmodified copy of Windows. And Microsoft decided
to try and price that feature out of the market, charging almost $250
to upgrade from Vista Home Basic or XP to Vista Ultimate. Furthermore,
Microsoft's new license allows Microsoft to disable the Vista portion
of any PC that tries to run the default OEM installed software as a Xen
client (or any other VM Client).
> Snubbing Microsoft, Intel to Offer TransMedia's Glide Application
> Suite on Ultra Mobile PCs
>
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> | Glide should also prove less expensive for Intel's hardware partners
> | than software licenses for Microsoft Office. And when a Linux-compatible
> | version of Glide finally arrives next year, cost-conscious PC and mobile
> | device makers will be able to save the cost of a Windows license as well.
> | In theory, Glide could be used to popularize the Linux desktop for
> | consumers--the Glide environment would serve to insulate users
> | from complexities of command line computing.
Look forward to seeing this one, after the Linux version comes out.
I absolutely LOVED my Sharp Zaurus. I wish sharp would bring that back
to the U.S. market.
Really nice machine. The one I had was like having a minicomputer in
my shirt pocket.
But it was as easy to use as a Palm or WinCE or Windows Pocket PC. I
eventually gave it to Nick, my son (nrballard) and he has been using it
since.
With a CF socket and an SD socket, it was possible to put 2 gig of
flash, or 1 gig of flash and a WiFi adapter. The only thing that would
have made it nicer is if it had a USB-A adapter (host), or mini-usb to
mini-usb.
> | It remains to be seen, however, whether Intel's hardware partners are
> | eager antagonize the world's largest software maker by marketing a
> | low-cost, Microsoft-free PC.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193200768
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