tlug: Fw: Could Linux Kill NT?

["Eric Standlee" <fwiw3980@example.com>]

Here is a leader-mail to the anchordesk articles.  Looks like Linux is
getting PR!  Maybe this adds to the Linux/NT thread we had a little while
back...

FYI,
Eric S. Standlee
Kashihara-shi <Kintetsu Yamato Yagi>
Nara, Japan
e-w.standlee@example.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk <anchordesk@example.com>
To: e-w.standlee@example.com <e-w.standlee@example.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 8:50 AM
Subject: Could Linux Kill NT?


>__________Berst Alert____________________
>  HOW LINUX COULD KILL WINDOWS NT
>
>http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0623ba/2241
>
>     I see signs of momentum in the Linux camp, but three
>     hurdles remain. Three steps that could turn Linux
>     into a serious challenger to Windows NT. If IBM or
>     another company solves these three issues, it could
>     do serious damage to Microsoft's long-range strategy.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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>http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0623nk/2243
>
>     ACER UNVEILS 'NON-PC' LINE. Idea is to get non-users
>     comfortable with the wired world.
>
>     INTEL CUTS CHIP PRICES BIG TIME. Santa will have
>     a cheap PC in his bag for you this Christmas.
>
>     COMPUSA BUYS FALTERING COMPUTER CITY. Will the combined
>     chain have enough clout to fight off the mass merchandisers
>     who want to take over computer retailing?
>
>     SUPREME COURT RULING IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE NET. Justices
>     say AOL is not liable for defamatory postings.
>
>__________People's Choice____________________
>  WHY LOCAL ISPS WIN THE BATTLE FOR HOMES
>
>http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0623pc/2242
>
>     Big ISPs and online services would have you believe
>     they own the market for household Internet access.
>     That's hooey; marketing hype. Industry insider Aaron
>     Goldberg has numbers to prove small, local ISPs are
>     the choice in most U.S. households -- by a surprising
>     margin.
>
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>
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