[ale] [Fwd: Apple To Ship PowerPC With Linux]

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> http://www.techweb.com/printableArticle?doc_id=TWB19981215S0011
> 
> Apple To Ship PowerPC With Linux
> By Paula Rooney, Computer Retail Week
> Dec 15, 1998 (3:10 PM)
> URL: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981215S0011
> 
> Apple Computer continues to "Think Different." At MacWorld next
> month, the company will announce a new line of PowerPCs, including
> one that runs a version of the Linux operating system instead of the
> traditional Macintosh OS, several retail sources said.
> 
> "Yes, they're coming out with a PowerPC loading Linux. They're
> really thinking different," said one retail source. "But it's a
> non-retail product."
> 
> Several PC makers, especially vendors of sub-$500 systems, are
> considering using Linux -- a Unix-like platform -- as an inexpensive
> alternative to Windows.
> 
> Apple, according to analysts, is probably trying to please one of
> its strongest and most loyal customer segments: the education
> market. "Linux is catching on, especially in education," said Mike
> Kwatinetz, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in New York.
> "It's an opportunity for Apple to reassert itself in the college
> arena, where it is losing ground."
> 
> Analysts said Apple also plans to release a new crop of G3 PowerPCs
> in the first quarter. The systems, in the 333-MHz to 400-MHz range,
> will sport a sleek new form factor similar to the existing
> mini-towers and desktops.
> 
> During the past year, Apple, in conjunction with The Open Group, has
> co-developed Linux code optimized for the Macintosh platform. Called
> MkLinux, the system was released as freeware on Apple's website in
> July.
> 
> Sources said the version of Linux that will be bundled with the
> PowerPC is not called MkLinux, but is likely based on the MkLinux
> Developer Release 3 (DR3) code, which launched this summer. DR3 is
> modeled after Red Hat Linux 5.0, according to Apple's website.
> 
> Computer Retail Week's attempts to reach Apple officials at press
> time were unsuccessful.

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