-- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 07:36:26 -0500 From: Sean R. Durity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IBM News on Linux Not specifically Informix-related, but shows IBM's commitment to Linux as a platform: IBM Initiative Pushes Linux for Small and Medium Business ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 18, 2001 ... IBM today announced an initiative to accelerate the adoption of Linux among small and medium business (SMB). To speed the development of Linux applications that address the unique needs of small and medium business, IBM introduced the Linux Test Drive for eServer iSeries, which makes available over the Internet a "virtual Linux server" to help independent software vendors and the open source community write and port their applications to Linux on iSeries. The eServer iSeries uses advanced "partitioning" technology that allows a single physical server to be divided into dozens of virtual servers that can be accessed remotely by software developers around the world. IBM believes the combination of Linux, the fast-growing server operating system, and IBM eServer iSeries, with its popularity among SMB customers, can help small business consolidate dozens of standalone servers on a single, easy-to-manage, mainframe-class server, reducing cost and complexity. To date, more than 200,000 customers around the world, many of them mid-sized companies, run their businesses on IBM eServer iSeries, choosing it for its security, reliability and low total cost of ownership. According to IDC, small businesses represent 48 percent of all Linux server installations. Industry analysts also estimate that small and medium size business (up to 1,000 employees) will represent more than 50 percent of the total server market worldwide by 2004. (snipped for brevity) http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/641045A32797C93185256B260064C8CA _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
