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2001/03/26 Carton Virto, Eider - Elhuyar Zientzia

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Strong Linux

One of the stars of this fair has been the Linux operating system. Linux is an operating system that can compete with Microsoft's Windows and seems to be strengthening and starting to look at the market with more and more respect.

IBM, Nokia, SAP, Sharp... the big companies in the world of information technology and telecommunications have presented products based on Linux in Hannover. The company Caldera has organized Linux easily for easy installation and use and has presented in Hannover the ideal OpenUNIX system for large-scale networks and hardware managed by large companies. Ericsson presents a Linux-based Internet terminal.

In the world of supercomputers, the Beowulf system launched at NASA can show the value of Linux. Instead of buying a supercomputer, NASA engineers joined the common PCs and used Linux based software to distribute the work among PCs. In this way they have formed a network capable of performing the same work as supercomputers, but at a much lower price. However, Microsoft is also preparing a technology based on this way of networking and will not quickly lose its leadership.

Mobile phones

The mobile phone industry, as it could not be otherwise, has met in Hannover and seems to have put on third generation phones the hope of maintaining its benefits. The next step is to firmly connect mobile phones with the Internet and in that they are all. The products adapted for the GPRS system for faster communication and those based on the Bluetooth wireless communication system have been presented in Hannover. In addition to the possibility of knowing if you have a new email through the mobile phone and without entering the Internet, soon you can download images or listen to audio from the Internet. The stars of the coming years will be the mobile phones that will offer a comprehensive and fast service.

In addition, the company Boeing has presented the way to use the Internet on planes. Through their intranet plus a couple of well-placed satellites, they have prepared a way to offer Internet access from the local network of the plane. For users it is enough to connect the laptop to a hole that will have the chair. The system will be available in the US in 2002, in 2003 in Europe and in 2005 worldwide.

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