Midrange Server, Windows & Linux Edition, for November 13, 2002

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Windows & Linux Edition Volume 1, Number 39 -- November 13, 2002

In This Issue Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week View this issue online at http://www.midrangeserver.com/mid/mid111302.html Sponsored By HEWLETT-PACKARD You have to stay one step ahead of the competition. Wouldn't it be nice if your infrastructure could help get you there? It can, with ProLiant server technologies from HP. Reliable. Scalable. Manageable. And built on industry standards. So your infrastructure can adapt to change just as quickly as you do. For more information, visit www.hp.com, or call 1.800.282.6672, option 5. Sponsored By ACUCORP Acucorp is a leading developer of application extension solutions running on over 600 platforms such as Linux. These extend5 solutions include a powerful ANSI COBOL compiler, an integrated development environment, web deployment technology, seamless interfaces to RDBMS, COBOL-based GUI development, distributed processing and client/server technology. For more information, visit www.acucorp.com. Capellas Leaves HP for Other 'Career Opportunities' by Alex Woodie Michael Capellas, the former chief executive of Compaq who became president of Hewlett-Packard when the two companies merged earlier this year, has resigned from HP to pursue "other career opportunities," HP announced on Monday. As president, Capellas was in charge of the day-to-day operations of HP, and his departure is undeniably a blow to the ongoing efforts to integrate Compaq into HP. However, Carly Fiorina, HP's chief executive, says the integration is on track and should not be affected. READ MORE > Sanford to Head IBM On-Demand; Storage Merged into Server Group by Timothy Prickett Morgan Starting in the new year, according to IBM sources, the company's Storage Systems Group, headed by Linda Sanford, will be merged back into the Server Group, which is run by Bill Zeitler. Sanford, who is one of the highest ranking women at IBM, will be tapped as the senior vice president of On-Demand Transformation and will be in charge of implementing chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano's vision of autonomic, utility computing. READ MORE > Microsoft's Longhorn Server Is Short-Lived; Whistler Server Slipping by Timothy Prickett Morgan A long, long time ago, which is about two years in the computer business, Windows 2000 was just starting to roll out and Microsoft was beginning to talk about the future "Whistler" and "Blackcomb" versions of its server operating systems. Late last year, as Microsoft struggled to explain how .NET would fit into these environments, along came "Longhorn," a stop-gap version of the Windows platform that had some better meshing with .NET. This week, Microsoft has killed it. READ MORE > IBM Launches New Eight-Way Regatta with Power4+ by Timothy Prickett Morgan Good things often come in smaller packages, and that is certainly the case with the new pSeries 650 "Regatta-Mi" server, which IBM will announce this week. The pSeries 650 is an eight-way server based on the Power4+ chip, which is a rev on the Power4 processor used in the pSeries 630, 670, and 690 machines and the iSeries Model 890. Sources at IBM say the new Power4+ chip is a lot cheaper to make than the Power4, and Big Blue is passing those savings on to pSeries customers with aggressive pricing on the pSeries 650. READ MORE > Reader Feedback and Insights We value your feedback and your insights into the Windows and Linux server markets. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email public. READ MORE > Subscription Information: To unsubscribe, change your email address, or sign up for any of Midrange Server's free e-newsletters, visit http://www.midrangeserver.com/sub/subscribe.html

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard Acucorp BACK ISSUES TABLE OF CONTENTS Capellas Leaves HP for Other 'Career Opportunities' Sanford to Head IBM On-Demand; Storage Merged into Server Group Microsoft's Longhorn Server Is Short-Lived; Whistler Server Slipping IBM Launches New Eight-Way Regatta with Power4+ Editor Timothy Prickett Morgan Managing Editor Mari Barrett Contributing Editors Dan Burger Joe Hertvik Shannon O'Donnell Victor Rozek Hesh Wiener Alex Woodie Publisher and Advertising Director Jenny Delroy Advertising Sales Representative Kim Reed Contact the Editors Do you have a gripe, inside dope or an opinion? Email the editors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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