Midrange Server, Windows & Linux Edition, for December 4, 2002

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Windows & Linux Edition Volume 1, Number 41 -- December 4, 2002

In This Issue Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week View this issue online at http://www.midrangeserver.com/mid/mid120402.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. Will Open Value Licensing Keep SMBs from Defecting? by Timothy Prickett Morgan With its Software Assurance and Licensing 6.0 pricing models for its operating systems, middleware, and applications, Microsoft is trying to create an annuity-like software pricing scheme that works like the pricing model that IBM has used for its mainframes. Many customers are unhappy with the Licensing 6.0 pricing scheme, and re-upped for their older licensing terms at the end of July. Now Microsoft is trying to tweak Licensing 6.0 to encourage customers to keep current and to keep on the Windows platform. READ MORE > SuSE, SCO Unveil Updated Linuxes by Timothy Prickett Morgan Commercial Linux distributors SuSE and The SCO Group have announced updated versions of their respective Linuxes. Both of their new Linuxes are based on the based on the UnitedLinux 1.0 consolidated Linux version being put together by rivals SuSE, Turbolinux, SCO, and Conectiva to combat the commercial Linux market leader, Red Hat. The delivery of the first commercial Linuxes by SuSE and SCO will put to the test the idea that rivals can work together and still differentiate enough to remain in business. READ MORE > Server Sales Rebound Slightly from Terrible Q3 Last Year by Timothy Prickett Morgan Hey, it could be worse. Server sales and shipments in the United States could have dropped from last year's third quarter. But according to analysts at Gartner's Dataquest unit, server shipments and revenues were up in the States. But don't get too excited. Analysts at the company say that sales in Europe and Asia will probably not be so great when it compiles those figures later this month, and worldwide server sales could slip a bit, despite gains in the U.S. sector. READ MORE > MAPICS Acquires Frontstep, Rival Manufacturing ERP Vendor by Timothy Prickett Morgan Times are tough out there in the ERP software market and in the manufacturing sector in particular. Midrange ERP vendors are consolidating or wondering how they are going to compete against one another as big name companies like SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, and PeopleSoft move in on their turf. One strategy is to merge to create a bigger company, which is what MAPICS and Frontstep, two venerable midrange ERP vendors, decided to do just before Thanksgiving. 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 Will Open Value Licensing Keep SMBs from Defecting? SuSE, SCO Unveil Updated Linuxes Server Sales Rebound Slightly from Terrible Q3 Last Year MAPICS Acquires Frontstep, Rival Manufacturing ERP Vendor 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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