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IBM endorses Linux.
George
Big Blue gives green light to Linux
By Stephen Shankland
February 16, 1999, 5:20 p.m. PT
IBM is in the midst of a company-wide adoption of Linux, lifting
the Unix-like technology to the status of more traditional
operating systems.
Responding to increasing customer demand by Fortune 500
companies and other business clientele, the computer colossus
is advancing its global Linux strategy on several fronts. It is
bringing the operating system onto two computer lines, adding
Linux support to its services business, and porting its software
to the relatively new operating system, industry sources said.
"It's very clear we need to do something that gives us a
global offering for Linux," an IBM source said. "Part of what
we're trying to do here is help Linux become business as usual
for business."
IBM plans to announce details of its Linux strategy at the
LinuxWorld conference beginning March 1.
Regarding hardware, IBM is working on bringing Linux to two
separate server lines, its PowerPC-based RS/6000 and its
Intel-based Netfinity lines, industry sources said. Although
other developers have done most of the work of bringing Linux to
the PowerPC and Intel systems, IBM will help Linux developers
write the software needed to enable specific hardware to run, sources said.
IBM will offer Linux systems on low-end RS/6000 machines aimed
at the academic market. For these machines, IBM will use the
LinuxPPC version of Linux that works on the PowerPC chip.
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