D.H. Brown Associates Releases 2003 Linux Function Review.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PORT CHESTER Port Chester, village (1990 pop. 24,728), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Byram River, and on the Conn. border; settled after 1660, inc. 1868. Primarily residential, it produces some household goods. Gen. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 D. H. Brown Associates, Inc. (DHBA DHBA D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. DHBA Deregister Hba ), a leading technology assessment firm, today published the 2003 release of its Linux Function Review, a comprehensive functional evaluation of Linux as a commercial server operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . The study reveals that distributions of the widely popular Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. have made steady gains in their functional capabilities for meeting enterprise computing requirements. Moving beyond its open-source origins, Linux now offers the opportunity to drive commodity Intel-based technology server building blocks into the mainstream enterprise IT application space. Although UNIX systems still clearly offer important functional advantages for the most demanding, high-end commercial applications, Linux has now become a mainstream operating environment for a broad range of general-purpose departmental and workgroup applications in addition to its traditional base of infrastructure solutions, "edge of network" applications, development platforms, and technical computing applications. The latest functional evaluation shows that most of the conventional UNIX operating systems retain the lead for meeting overall enterprise computing requirements, but Linux distributions have clearly narrowed the gap. "Linux has long made a good fit with certain key applications, such as entry file- and print-sharing or web servers, appliances, Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. infrastructures, and compute nodes in technical computing clusters," said Tony Iams, Vice President of Systems Software and Operating Environments for Industry-Standard Servers Research at DHBA. "The consistent growth of its functional capabilities, especially its ability to support web-based applications, expands the range of suitable deployment, allowing it to increasingly rival well-established operating systems in use at the enterprise level." Since 1989, all of the major systems software vendors have relied on DHBA evaluations of operating system features and functional capabilities as independent verification for their internal competitive assessments. The 2003 Linux Function Review builds on this strong foundation, applying the firm's disciplined methodology to rate Linux's scalability, system management tools, RAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server. (reliability, availability, and serviceability), web application services, and directory and security services. In the study, DHBA employed over a hundred functional categories to compare three leading Linux distributions - Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1, and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on Desktop computers for testing as well. New versions are released at an interval of 18-24 months. 8 (based on their functional capabilities as of January 1, 2003). The study compares these Linux distributions to the most popular UNIX systems: AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. 5L 5.2, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 11i, Solaris 9, Tru64 UNIX 5.1, and UnixWare 7.1.3. An executive summary of the 2003 Linux Function Review can be downloaded http://www.dhbrown.com/dhbrown/03_Linux.cfm after registering. |
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