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  Apple's OS X: What Linux Wants To Be?
Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: NewsFactor | Posted By: Robert Stein

Following Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) successful introduction of its new UNIX based operating system, OS X (pronounced OS Ten), many are asking whether OS X poses a serious challenge to Linux for the title of best alternative desktop operating system. Others go even further, asking whether OS X is the UNIX world's best chance to topple Microsoft's Windows hegemony.

"Apple could consider trying to dominate the desktop by supporting multiple kernels, including Linux, on multiple hardware platforms, and [give] Microsoft serious competition in the OS market," Goldman said.

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