Computer and Society

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Computer and Society

• Olayele Adelakun (Ph.D)
• Assistant Professor CTI
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• Office Room 735 CTI 7th Floor
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email yele_at_cs.depaul.edu
• Web http//facweb.cs.depaul.edu/yele

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Free to Choose

• Rivalry in the IT business Hardware
• IBM vs. PC clone makers
• IBM vs. Apple
• Rivalry in the IT business Software
• IBM vs. Microsoft
• IBM vs. Apple
• Microsoft vs. Apple

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Free to Choose

• New Rivalry in the IT business Hardware
• IBM vs. PC clone makers
• IBM vs. Apple
• New Rivalry in the IT business Software
• IBM vs. Microsoft
• Microsoft vs. Apple
• SAP vs. Oracle / People soft
• Microsoft vs. Sun Microsystems Inc. / HP/ IBM
• Microsoft vs. Linux

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Free to Choose

• Linux vs. Microsoft Server OS
• Linux started as free software on the internet is
  now used in corporate America
• Linux is backed by Sun, HP and IBM in addition to
  Unix OS
• Linux is considered more secure, cheaper, more
  reliable, and even more innovative than Microsoft
  Windows server OS

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• Linux vs. Microsoft Server OS
• Linux is backed by a community of hobbies,
  programmers, researchers and corporate users
• The believe is the Linux like any other OS should
  be a commodity. Something that should be offered
  free of charge
• Microsoft argues against such dangerous religion
  practices / beliefs
• As long as Bill is around is all about more
  money.
• For who?

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• Linux vs. Unix vs. Microsoft Server OS
• Unix rules the server world until the arrival of
  Linux and Microsoft
• It is easier to do move Unix application to Linux
  than to Microsoft server

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• Open source vs. Closed Source
• Microsoft vs. Linux
• Apple vs. PC
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

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• Open source Start Ups
• Red Hat http//www.redhat.com/
• Companies that have adopted Linux open source
• IBM
• Dell
• Merrill Lynch
• L.L. Bean
• Google Linux offered the best price performance
  
• David Krane Google spokesman
• Google run over 10,000 Linux based servers

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• The Debate
• Is software better when developed by a democratic
  community pulling for the common good
• Or
• When left in the hands of profit-making compnaies

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Linux Market share 15.9 from 13.3 in 2002
Unix Market share 13.9 from 14.6
Microsoft Market share 60.46 from 60.42

• Strategy
• Microsoft moves in to the Government arena
• New functionalities in 2003
• Like improved security like Linux and Unix
• Microsoft open some of the code to government and
  important Microsoft customers
• Microsoft also clamed that over 5 years Microsoft
  server OS offered lower cost for four out five
  customers

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• Are free to choose
• Can corporation fight Microsoft army of sales
  force
• Microsoft War history
• Web browser with ?
• Word processing with ?
• Server OS with ?
• PC OS with ?

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• Write a two pages paper on IT wars in the IT
  industry. Please include references.
• Who are the losers and winners
• What was the way about
• What was the duration of the war
• Can you predict the next battle?