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Welcome to Midrange Server, Our Wintel/Lintel
Platform Newsletter
by Timothy
Prickett Morgan
Back in 1996, when
publishing a Web-based newsletter was first possible, I
launched a Windows and Unix platform newsletter, called
Midrange Server. This was also the name of my fledgling
publishing company, too, which stayed in business for 18
months, but then went dormant because I never reached a
critical mass of advertisers or subscribers. This week,
Midrange Server is back with a vengeance, and you are
among the thousands of subscribers to this new publication who
have asked to receive it.
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HP's Fiorina, IBM's Zeitler Pay Tribute to Linux
at LinuxWorld
by Timothy
Prickett Morgan
Carly Fiorina, the
embattled chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard who is trying to
merge the company with rival Compaq, used her keynote
address at the LinuxWorld trade show in New York last week to
make her case for the HP-Compaq merger and to pay tribute to
the Linux operating system and the developers who make it
happen. Bill Zeitler, who is in charge of IBM's Server Group, also
delivered a keynote espousing Big Blue's support of Linux,
which is a prime example of enlightened self-interest. READ MORE
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Oracle to Boot Out Unix Servers for Linux
Servers, Ellison Says
by Kristin
Palitza
Chief executive Larry
Ellison said last week that Oracle is going to base its
"entire business on Linux." The giant is planning to enable
the majority of its business applications and its 9i
application server on Intel-based servers running
Linux in the next few months. Those Lintel servers will
replace three servers from Hewlett Packard that run the
HP-UX Unix variant, Ellison said during an analyst conference
at its Redwood Shores, California headquarters. READ
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HP-Compaq Merger Clears Another Legal Hurdle
With EC Approval
by Sin�ad Carew
The European
Commission last week gave its blessing to the merger of Hewlett Packard and
Compaq. After
a month-long examination, the EC regulator ruled that the $23
billion merger does not pose any threat to competition in the
PC, printer, or server markets in Europe. The companies were
spared the agony of what could have been a four-month
investigation, and now can concentrate on a higher
hurdle--convincing their own shareholders. READ
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Microsoft Gathers Inner Circle of Mobile
Developers
by Sin�ad Carew
Microsoft
announced last week that it is creating an inner circle of
partners from its already extensive gang of mobile software
developers. Microsoft said it has recruited 110 members, which
it feels have made "significant investments and inroads in the
mobility space" to the mobility partner advisory council
(MPaC). The mobile developers create applications for
Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002, its Windows based Smartphone 2002,
and its Mobile Information Server. READ
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Gerstner Hands IBM's Reins to Palmisano, Keeps
the Spurs
by Timothy
Prickett Morgan
The speculation about
when IBM will
name a replacement for chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner is
over. IBM last week tapped Sam Palmisano, its president and
chief operating officer, as CEO, effective March 1. Palmisano
will assume the role of chairman by year's end. Exactly how
Palmisano's ascent will affect IBM's positioning of Wintel and
Lintel platforms is as unclear as it was two years ago, when
it became apparent that Palmisano would end up running Big
Blue. READ
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CA Makes Fierce Push into Linux Territory
by Kristin
Palitza
Computer Associates has made
clear that it thinks the time for Linux has come. The systems
management software developer made a major commitment to the
Linux community when it announced last week 23
Linux-supporting products and said that Linux will be part of
every new product release. The move comes after an increased
demand for Linux on IBM mainframes and Intel-based
servers. READ
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Telco Giants Gather to Boost Carrier-Grade Linux
by Kristin
Palitza
In an effort to tailor
Linux to the carrier and data center market, four major
network equipment vendors have decided to take part in a newly
created technical working group of the Open Source Development Lab
(OSDL). The deal will improve Linux for the telecommunications
sector and might make open source more applicable to the
high-end server market, too.
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IBM Bows Alpha Code For Web Services on Windows
and Linux
by Joe Hertvik
IBM recently
released three new Windows and Linux alpha programs for Web
services--Internet applications that can communicate with each
other and perform transactions without human intervention or
additional programming--on its AlphaWorks site.
These tools were created to provide a Web services
development, runtime, hosting, and gateway environment for
developers and service providers. READ
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HP Launches Low-Cost Entry Server for Windows,
Linux
by Timothy
Prickett Morgan
Hewlett Packard has tried to
take a little business away from rival Dell in the entry Wintel and
Lintel server market with the new "Eagle III" tc2100 server,
which debuted last week. The tc2100 server, which uses either
Celeron or Pentium III processors from Intel, has a starting street
price of only $649. But even at this low price, sources at HP
say that the company can make money selling the Eagle III
servers, predominantly to small and medium businesses. READ
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free to drop us a letter to the editor and we will post them
in a reader feedback column associated with this newsletter.
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