Major vendors are positioning Linux as an alternative for high-end systems

usatoday ^ | 5/3/2004 | Michael Hardy

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The open-source Linux operating system is just one of several choices for desktop computers, enterprise servers and other common implementations. Sometimes it is chosen, but often it is not.

But at the high end of the computational power range -- in supercomputers built by national laboratories, NASA or the Defense Department from clusters of processors -- Linux is rapidly gaining ground on Unix as the operating system of choice.

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Even strong Linux advocates admit the operating system isn't perfect. Studham said he is not certain the 2.6. kernel will fulfill its potential. "Most [operating systems] are far more mature than Linux," he said.

Well said.