Bill Gates Promotes Windows in India, Dismisses Linux
Translated by CCID 2002-11-14 11:29:52
On Wednesday this week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates urged Indian engineers to use Microsoft's proprietary software, and brushed aside the threat Linux poses to the Windows operating system in the battle over computer networks.
The trip to India by the world's richest man, Bill Gates, did not bring any special gifts to India. Instead, on the third day of the trip, it brought a major deal to the American tech sector.
In Bangalore, India's major technology hub, more than 1,000 software companies are based there.
Bill Gates said on Tuesday this week that his company would invest $400 million in India over the next three years in education, partnerships, and setting up its own software center. Bill Gates made full use of this visit to Bangalore, India, to promote Microsoft's .NET network platform and tools.
Sales of these network tools are very important to Microsoft's Web services. Microsoft's Web services include interconnection between different computer systems and mobile devices.
Microsoft's .NET tools are in fierce competition with Sun Microsystems' SunONE tools, thereby driving the development of terminal software.
Bill Gates told more than 2,500 software programmers in the open-air theater on the broad campus of Infosys Technologies: “Trustworthy computing technology is the biggest focus of our $5 billion annual R&D budget. I think we are really going to shock the world.”
Microsoft's .NET tools play a major role in linking networked computers, but the software based on Windows technology that runs on those computers is facing a severe challenge from Linux.
Microsoft's Windows operating system has dominated desktop computers for many years, but the modifiable Linux operating system has taken over the server market for managing computer networks.
Analysts believe that once the open-source Linux operating system wins the favor of Indian developers, Microsoft will suffer a huge impact.
Indian officials say that within 4 years, India's software developers will increase from the current 400,000 to 1.3 million, becoming the world's largest software army.
Oracle Praises Linux, To Move All Business to the Operating System
2002-11-14 15:52:50
On November 13, an Oracle official reiterated Oracle's commitment to Linux at the OracleWorld conference. He stressed that Oracle would work with RadHat to merge some Linux-related solutions into a single version.
Jamshed Patel, senior product manager of Oracle's Linux project office, said Oracle is currently working with RadHat to combine various Linux solutions in the industry, the SE Linux solution developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, as well as Linux-related products under development for clusters, data centers, carrier-class systems, and database-class systems. Patel also lavishly praised Oracle's “Unbreakable Linux” plan, and said Oracle would move all of its business to run on Linux.
Oracle, Dell, and RadHat will jointly create a Linux core set aimed at improving performance, reliability, clustering, and manageability for enterprise-level deployments. Patel said customers can save 45% to 90% in costs when deploying Linux on RISC/Unix systems.
Patel presented data from industry sources showing that Linux currently holds a 27% share of the server operating system market, whereas in 1995 it held only a 1% share.
Two attendees at the OracleWorld conference said their companies are no longer deploying Oracle databases on Sun's Solaris operating system, but are switching to Linux instead. They said Linux's price/performance ratio is very attractive. (Translated by CCID)
Translated by CCID 2002-11-14 11:29:52
On Wednesday this week, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates urged Indian engineers to use Microsoft's proprietary software, and brushed aside the threat Linux poses to the Windows operating system in the battle over computer networks.
The trip to India by the world's richest man, Bill Gates, did not bring any special gifts to India. Instead, on the third day of the trip, it brought a major deal to the American tech sector.
In Bangalore, India's major technology hub, more than 1,000 software companies are based there.
Bill Gates said on Tuesday this week that his company would invest $400 million in India over the next three years in education, partnerships, and setting up its own software center. Bill Gates made full use of this visit to Bangalore, India, to promote Microsoft's .NET network platform and tools.
Sales of these network tools are very important to Microsoft's Web services. Microsoft's Web services include interconnection between different computer systems and mobile devices.
Microsoft's .NET tools are in fierce competition with Sun Microsystems' SunONE tools, thereby driving the development of terminal software.
Bill Gates told more than 2,500 software programmers in the open-air theater on the broad campus of Infosys Technologies: “Trustworthy computing technology is the biggest focus of our $5 billion annual R&D budget. I think we are really going to shock the world.”
Microsoft's .NET tools play a major role in linking networked computers, but the software based on Windows technology that runs on those computers is facing a severe challenge from Linux.
Microsoft's Windows operating system has dominated desktop computers for many years, but the modifiable Linux operating system has taken over the server market for managing computer networks.
Analysts believe that once the open-source Linux operating system wins the favor of Indian developers, Microsoft will suffer a huge impact.
Indian officials say that within 4 years, India's software developers will increase from the current 400,000 to 1.3 million, becoming the world's largest software army.
Oracle Praises Linux, To Move All Business to the Operating System
2002-11-14 15:52:50
On November 13, an Oracle official reiterated Oracle's commitment to Linux at the OracleWorld conference. He stressed that Oracle would work with RadHat to merge some Linux-related solutions into a single version.
Jamshed Patel, senior product manager of Oracle's Linux project office, said Oracle is currently working with RadHat to combine various Linux solutions in the industry, the SE Linux solution developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, as well as Linux-related products under development for clusters, data centers, carrier-class systems, and database-class systems. Patel also lavishly praised Oracle's “Unbreakable Linux” plan, and said Oracle would move all of its business to run on Linux.
Oracle, Dell, and RadHat will jointly create a Linux core set aimed at improving performance, reliability, clustering, and manageability for enterprise-level deployments. Patel said customers can save 45% to 90% in costs when deploying Linux on RISC/Unix systems.
Patel presented data from industry sources showing that Linux currently holds a 27% share of the server operating system market, whereas in 1995 it held only a 1% share.
Two attendees at the OracleWorld conference said their companies are no longer deploying Oracle databases on Sun's Solaris operating system, but are switching to Linux instead. They said Linux's price/performance ratio is very attractive. (Translated by CCID)
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