LINUX WORLD: STRONG SUPPORT FROM VENDORS.While IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and, to a lesser extent, Dell have increasingly been profiling themselves as big Linux Linux Nonproprietary operating system (OS) for digital computers. In 1991 Linus Torvalds of Finland began asking for volunteer programmers over the Internet to collaborate on the development of a UNIX-like OS for personal computers; the “1. players over the past two years, HP's support has been more low-key thus far. That's expected to change at LinuxWorld, where the company plans to make a major commitment to supporting the 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. across virtually all its product lines. As part of its announcement, HP will ship a developer's release of Linux for its HP 9000 servers and demonstrate some key software tools from its 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. version of Unix running on the open-source operating system. In what many observers say may be one of LinuxWorld's most significant news items, meanwhile, VA Linux is expected to announce a new service to preinstall applications on Linux systems. While IBM, HP and VA Linux can use Linux to boost their hardware sales, vendors that don't sell computers are experimenting with other business models in order to cash in on the success of open-source software. OpenSales Inc., which is showcasing its open-source e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. server, Anteil plans to give away software to boost its user base and then make money selling customization and systems integration services. |
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