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Linux News Bytes
- IBM PAINTS LINUX BLUE
Executive Edge: June 2000 - By embracing Linux, the maverick operating system,
Big Blue hopes to snare gold at the end of the e-business rainbow. "IBM's
announcement gives Linux the kind of blue-chip company endorsement that this
open-source operating system needs," says Pia Rieppo, an analyst for dataquest,
a division of Gartner. "The only surprising thing about the IBM announcement
is that it did not come sooner."
- IBM TO PRE-LOAD SERVERS WITH CHOICE OF LINUX
InfoWorld: Apr 25, 2000 -- Customers of IBM's Netfinity servers will now be able to
buy machines preloaded with the Linux operating system and will be able to choose from
three flavors of the ever-popular open-source software. Top Linux vendors Red Hat,
Caldera Systems, and TurboLinux separately announced Monday that IBM will either
preinstall or bundle their Linux versions on Netfinity servers. An IBM official
quoted in the written statements said that customers increasingly want Linux as an
OS option, and also noted its value for companies doing business on the Internet.
"Monday's announcements are part of a "continual stream" related to IBM servers and
Linux, said Jay Bretzmann, IBM manager of strategy for Netfinity in an interview. IBM
had announced plans to work with Caldera, and Monday's news represents the "next set
of steps" in that partnership as well as in providing Linux enthusiasts a broader
range of options, Bretzmann said."
- REVOLUTIONARY WEATHER RESEARCH SUPERCOMPUTER UNVEILED
Boulder, Colorado, April 24, 2000 --- NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), one
of the country's leading weather technology laboratories, recently acquired a $15
million supercomputer they've named JET. The supercomputer will greatly enhance the
ability of the lab to develop and test weather models that could dramatically
improve the capability of forecasters to forecast the weather. It is one of the
fastest weather research supercomputers in the world.
Designed and built entirely using the LINUX operating system, JET will be
running weather models over the next two years at the staggering rate of 2 to
4 trillion arithmetic computations per second. FSL is the first government
laboratory to purchase a "turn-key" Linux supercomputer. The supercomputing
system was integrated and installed by High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi),
a leading developer in the field of high performance computing.
- 64-BIT LINUX TRILLIAN PROJECT
ZDNet, Apr 16, 2000 -- Trillian, which began as an effort by Intel to develop Linux
for Itanium, may pay off in spades for the company. The group delivered a development
release of Linux for Itanium last February. Trillian has catalyzed the development of
a number of 64-bit Linux releases from a number of Trillian members. Turbo Linux, for
example, recently announced an alpha version of its 64-bit Linux. Members Red Hat and
SuSE are expected to offer development releases of their own 64-bit Linux releases for
Itanium this quarter, sources said.
- COMPAQ IS #1 VENDOR IN LINUX SERVER MARKET
PRNewswire, Apr 12, 2000 -- Compaq announced it has been ranked the #1 vendor in the
Linux server market based on factory revenue and units shipped for 1999, according to
International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for the
period of Q1 1999 through Q4 1999. For the year, Compaq led all vendors with 25
percent market share based on unit shipments. Compaq achieved a total of $213 million
in Linux revenue based on 43,304 units shipped in 1999 -- with an exceptionally wide
lead over second place IBM (10.4 percent revenue market share with $79 million in
revenue based on 16,381 units shipped). The Server Tracker also shows Dell in 3rd
place with 9.9 percent revenue market share, and Hewlett-Packard in 4th place with
9.4 percent revenue market share. All other vendors (including companies such as
Fujitsu, Siemens, SGI, Unisys and Gateway) posted a total 42 percent market share
combined....
- LINUX SERVER SHIPMENTS INCREASED 166% IN Q499
PRNewswire, 4/10/00 -- According to the latest release of IDC's Worldwide Quarterly
Server Tracker, Linux server shipments rocketed 166% to 72,422 units in Q499 from
Q498, representing the fastest-growing operating environment in the server market.
Linux represented about 6% of the overall "entry server market" measured in unit
shipments, IDC said, but should become an important area of growth
in that market.
- LINUX SHARE OF SERVER MARKET GREW FROM 16 TO 25% IN 1999
IDC, 2000 -- Linux is on the move. Its share of the server market grew from 16
percent in 1998 to 25% last year, according to International Data Corp. At the same
time, Microsoft Windows NT was flat, and NetWare and
Unix lost market share.
- INTEL ANNOUNCES ADVANCED SECURITY SOFTWARE FOR LINUX
ComputerWorld, 4/10/00 -- Intel announced that it was leaping into the Open Source world with the
release of its advanced security software for Linux, offered under an Open Source
contract. The software will also be released free of charge. What does Intel have
to gain from this move? To become the authority on security (which is the cornerstone
of e-commerce) and to sell more servers. Intel doesn't really care whether the
servers run Windows or Linux or Solaris; however, given the open nature of Linux
and Open Source, Intel can make a greater impact determining the direction of Linux
and Open Source.
- IBM SCALES UP LINUX INITIATIVES
ComputerWorld, 3/27/00 -- During the past two years, IBM has made a series of
Linux-related announcements, including supporting Linux on all its servers and
porting virtually all its applications and middleware to the operating system.
Several vendors, including TurboLinux Inc. in San Francisco, are already offering
clustering software for Linux, and Silicon Graphics Inc. in Mountain View, Calif.,
recently announced a cluster offering that is mainly aimed at technical markets.
Iams said IBM's support will be key to Linux. "If Linux is going to move into the
big time, it's going to be with guys like IBM," he said. "It takes profound
commitments and big bucks from major players."
- INTEL SETS STAGE FOR LINUX ON IX
INFOWORLD, 3/27/00 -- Intel made a minority equity investment Monday in Lynx Real-Time
Systems in an effort to support the development of an embedded Linux operating
system to run on Intel's IX (Internet Exchange) architecture for networking and
communications."
- WEB PIONEER ANDREESSEN JOINS LINUX VENTURE
CNET NEWS.COM, 3/27/00 -- Internet visionary and Netscape Communications co-founder
Marc Andreessen will announce tomorrow he has invested in Collab.Net, a site for
uniting corporations with open-source programmers.": The open-source movement is
a grass-roots collection of sometimes colorful characters who have collectively
created successful software such as the Linux operating system and Apache Web
server software. Andreessen will raise Collab.Net's profile, said Giga Information
Group analyst Stacey Quandt. The start-up already has strong open-source ties
through chief technology officer Brian Behlendorf, a key figure in the Apache
movement, but Andreessen will give Collab.Net a higher profile with proprietary
software projects, she said. Andreessen is "someone who can see application
development from both sides, the proprietary and open-source
models," Quandt said.
- SGI TO PUT MORE FOCUS ON LINUX
IDG News Service, 3/23/00 -- Silicon Graphics, Inc. will put more effort into
Linux-based developments and consequently less into its proprietary Irix operating
system over the next few years, according to Jansen Ek, vice president of SGI
Asia-Pacific. SGI is strongly focused on developing for Intel Corp.'s IA-32 and
IA-64 processors and the open-source Linux operating system, with a key initiative
being SGI's XFS file system. That will enable Linux to scale to very large systems,
Ek said in a keynote speech at LinuxWorld 2000 here today. "XFS will substantially
improve Linux," he said. "It has 64-bit addressing and is well tested since we
introduced it on our own systems back in 1994." Crucially, XFS has file journaling,
a feature that the Linux community has until now been unable to deliver, preventing
Linux from being used for mission-critical and high-availability applications,
he said.
- MOTOROLA CLAIMS 'FIVE NINES' AVAILABILITY FOR LINUX SERVERS
ComputerWorld, 03/13/2000 -- Motorola Inc. last week said it could obtain 99.999%
uptime for Linux-based servers. But according to analysts, this doesn't mean Linux
is ready to tread in Unix's footsteps as a server for mission-critical applications.
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola said its new CPX8000 servers, aimed at the
telecommunications industry, will be able to obtain "five nines" availability
(five minutes of downtime per year) when running its own tailored version of Linux,
called High Availability Linux, or HA Linux, and specially adapted applications.
However, the company said it won't actually
guarantee customers such uptime.
- LINUX VIRTUAL SUPERCOMPUTING TO USE 256 IBM NETFINITY SERVERS
Linux Planet, 2/22/00 -- Linux once again proves its scalability and robustness,
as the University of New Mexico today announced its plan to build virtual super
computing using 256 IBM Netfinity servers, Red Hat Linux, and enhanced Beowulf
clustering technology.
- IBM GOES COUNTERCULTURAL WITH LINUX
New York Times, 2/20/00 -- Big Blue is aggressively embracing Linux and devising a
program to "make all of its hardware and software work seamlessly with Linux."
IBM's pledge to increase support for Linux should boost corporate confidence in the
open-source Unix variant, said analysts and users. IBM last week said it will
substantially expand its use and marketing of the Linux operating system across
its entire range of server hardware. A core focus will be on improving
interoperability between Linux and other operating systems supported by IBM,
such as OS/390, OS/400, AIX and Windows NT, said the executive in charge of the
Linux initiative, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, who was formerly the general manager
of IBM's Internet business. IBM also pledged to build support into Linux for
clustering, symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) and systems management technologies.
Any enhancements to the operating system will be made available to the open-source
community from which Linux evolved, Wladawsky-Berger said.
- IBM PAVES THE WAY FOR A NEW CLASS OF LINUX e-BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
SOMERS, N.Y., 2/2/2000 -- IBM today announced a program that paves the way for a new
class of Linux e-business applications -- those specifically designed for small
businesses. The IBM program consists of a not-for-resale, no charge application
developer's kit, support, and marketing incentives for commercial software developers,
particularly those in the fast-growing, yet price-sensitive, small business market.
The application developer's kit, which includes industry leading software for Linux,
offers a secure technology base for developing e-business applications for diverse
industries and markets.
- SUN FORCED TO GIVE AWAY SOLARIS TO STALL LINUX GAINS
ComputerWorld, 1/31/00 -- In what analysts said was an effort to contain market
share gains made by Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc. last week announced that its
Solaris 8.0 operating system will be free on servers with up to eight processors
when it ships March 5. In addition, Sun "opened" the source code to its flagship
operating system, but semantics played a part in the announcement. The source code
will be available under Sun's "community source license," meaning it can only be
altered under specific guidelines and with certain restrictions. And when developers
use and distribute the source code as part of a commercial application, they must
negotiate a licensing fee with Sun. Linux, meanwhile, is distributed under a license
that doesn't require royalties and lets vendors modify source code.
- SAP AG SHIPS LINUX VERSION OF R/3
ComputerWorld, 1/19/00 -- SAP AG said last night said a promised Linux version of its
R/3 enterprise resource planning software is now generally available and has been
shipped to more than 100 users. The German vendor also disclosed plans to add Linux
support to its data warehousing and online procurement applications by midyear.
The Linux version of R/3 had been in beta testing since August. SAP is initially
supporting Red Hat Software Inc.'s version of the open-source operating system on
Intel Corp.-based servers.
- IBM TAPS ITS TOP INTERNET EXECUTIVE TO HEAD LINUX EFFORT
Bloomberg, 1/10/00 -- Irving Wladawsky-Berger, one of the top minds behind IBM's
"e-business" strategy, will take charge of IBM's new Linux initiative, becoming
vice president of technology and strategy and reporting to senior vice president
Sam Palmisano. Wladawsky-Berger has been tasked with boosting server sales by
popularizing Linux, an operating system that is challenging Microsoft Windows
dominance as more businesses set up Internet sites. "What we need to do is get
momentum back into [the server] business," said Palmisano. "This is the
first step."
- BENEFITS OF DB2 FOR LINUX
IBM, 2000 -- Linux has quickly become the most talked about platform for
e-business -- and with good reason. Linux offers users stability, functionality
and value that rivals any platform in the industry. Millions of users world-wide
have chosen Linux for applications from web and e-mail servers to departmental
and enterprise vertical applications. Now you can combine the power of Linux with
the world's most trusted database for e-business, IBM's DB2! DB2 Universal Database
for Linux offers unmatched Internet functionality. The DB2 Control Center offers
administrators an easy to use interface for maintaining databases that can be run
from any Java-enabled Web browser. For Java developers, DB2 Universal Database for
Linux offers support for JDBC and and Net.Data allows for the creation of dynamic
data driven Web applications. Perl developers can also take advantage of our DB2
Universal Database Perl driver for the Perl Database Interface.
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