TurboLinux Delivers First IA-64 Linux Early Release Distribution to Open Source Community.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 TurboLinux(R), Inc., the high performance Linux company, today announced public availability of the first pre-release Linux distribution for Intel's forthcoming IA-64 server and workstation architecture, beginning with the Itanium(TM) processor. A free download version of the early release code is available at www.turbolinux.com/ia64.html. "TurboLinux is delighted that our development group was the first to achieve this important milestone for the Trillian Project in delivering Linux for enterprise adoption," said Cliff Miller, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TurboLinux. "We are committed to shipping an IA-64 version of TurboLinux at the launch of Intel's new Itanium processor and are pleased to contribute to this vital Open Source project for Linux." "The demand for Linux solutions by OEMs and its reputation as a reliable and flexible operating system highlight the importance of Linux development for Intel's IA-64 processors," said Ron Curry, director of Marketing for Intel's Microprocessor Products Group. "The pre-release of the TurboLinux distribution to the developer community marks a significant step forward in delivering the IA-64 Linux OS and advanced applications when the Itanium processor moves into production later this year." The TurboLinux release is based on the kernel and tools developed by the Trillian Project, a group of companies that includes Caldera, CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. , Hewlett-Packard, 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) , Intel, Red Hat, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , SuSE and TurboLinux. About TurboLinux, Inc. Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is the world's fastest-growing Linux company with investment backing from more than 20 global hardware, software and services companies, including BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Compaq, Dell, Intel, Fujitsu Support and Services, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Novell, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. and Toshiba. A market leader in Linux software clustering solutions and Linux internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation , the company's high-performance consumer and business Linux products run on Intel, Alpha and PowerPC workstation and server platforms and are supported globally by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and SCO. Headquartered in San Francisco, TurboLinux has offices in Beijing, Buenos Aires, Hamburg, Sydney and Tokyo. The company's home page is located on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com, in Japanese at www.turbolinux.co.jp and in Chinese at www.turbolinux.com.cn Note to Editors: Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. TurboLinux is a trademark of TurboLinux, Inc. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective holders. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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