[aclug-L] FW: PC WEEK: Server makers cast an eye toward Linux

["Frost, Keith A" <Keith.Frost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>    Server makers cast an eye toward Linux
>    By Carmen Nobel, PC Week Online
>    October 5, 1998
> 
>    Technical improvements to Linux and backing from big-name players
> are
>    encouraging top-tier PC server manufacturers to consider selling
>    systems with the free operating system pre-installed.
> 
>    Red Hat Linux Version 5.2, due next month, will include support for
>    SMP (symmetric multiprocessing), enabling the operating system to
> work
>    better on higher-end enterprise servers, according to Bob Young,
> CEO
>    of Red Hat Software Inc., in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
> 
>    Linux also got a big boost last week when Intel Corp. and Netscape
>    Communications Corp. announced investments in Red Hat. Intel is
>    considering investing in Linux distributor Caldera Inc. as well,
> said
>    Caldera CEO Ransom Love.
> 
>    SMP capabilities could inspire further support from server makers.
>    Gateway Inc., which has been doing certification tests with Linux
> for
>    six months, most likely will install Linux across its enterprise
>    server line next year, said Ray Hebert, senior manager of servers
> at
>    the North Sioux City, S.D., company. Hebert did not say which
> models
>    would come bundled with Linux.
> 
>    Red Hat has previously only offered limited SMP support in its
> Linux
>    version, although versions of the open-source operating system
>    available on the Internet do support SMP. Companies have been wary
> of
>    installing operating system software from unknown third-party
>    developers and should welcome Red Hat's endorsement of SMP.
> 
>    Gateway is not alone in its plans for Linux on servers. IBM and
> Dell
>    Computer Corp. have installed Linux for several clients on a custom
>    basis. Officials at both companies said that if enough customers
> want
>    it, they'll likely ship Linux servers in bulk.
> 
>    Linux support grows
> 
>    Two newcomers to the PC server game, Hitachi PC Corp. and Toshiba
>    America Information Systems Inc., report that Linux is topping the
>    list of Unix versions that they will support when they reach beyond
>    Windows NT.
> 
>    Red Hat's Young expects six of the top 10 PC server makers to offer
>    Linux on their machines by next March.
> 
>    Leading PC server makers Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard
> Co.
>    are considering offering Linux on their systems, but officials at
> both
>    companies said no decision has been made.
> 
>    Bundling Linux on servers will end many installation headaches for
> IT
>    managers who want to work with the operating system. But that
> doesn't
>    mean Linux will leap into the PC server mainstream.
> 
>    "Unless the big guys package their Linux boxes with a comprehensive
>    Windows-like interface, I don't think they're going to have mass
>    consumer appeal," said Steve Durst, an engineer with Minuteman
>    Information Security Technology Corp., in Arlington, Mass. "But for
>    geeks who need things like routers, firewalls, etc., Linux is going
> to
>    be a godsend."
> 
>    Another indication of Linux's growing viability as an enterprise
>    platform is coming from Informix Software Inc., which will ship
> this
>    week its Dynamic 4GL development tool kit for Linux.
> 
>    The tool kit will enable developers to build GUI applications on
> and
>    for Linux. Informix also will port its enterprise database, Dynamic
>    Server Version 7.3, to Linux in the first quarter of 1999 or
> possibly
>    the fourth quarter of this year, according to sources close to the
>    Menlo Park, Calif., company.
> 
>    Additional reporting by Mark Hammond
> 
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