:DowJones.com: [Windows faces tough competition from Linux]
DowJones.com: [Windows faces tough competition from Linux] Jan 31, 2000, 22 :41 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (6379 reads)
"Gates... has taken on the job of chief software architect as
Microsoft readies to take on new competition, ranging from a merged
America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., to the surging popularity of the
upstart Linux operating system."
"Commenting on the rise of Linux, the free, Internet-based computer
operating system that competes with Microsoft's Windows products, Gates
said: 'We certainly have Linux and various forms of Linux as a significant
competitor.'
But he added that Linux is 'in essence Unix from 20 years ago,' and
expressed confidence that Microsoft's new Windows 2000 software will be
successful in fending off competition. ... But Windows faces tough competition from Linux, and the fact that the
Internet is based on a set of common interfaces and protocols that aren't
dependent on any particular operating-system platform, making it far harder
for Microsoft to drive the world toward its software."
