The Register: HP Embraces and Extends with BEA

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

Hewlett-Packard has extended a deal with BEA Systems that provides a free trial version of BEA's WebLogic Server with its Unix hardware to the rest of its server line. Users can try out BEA's application server on HP's Intel-based ProLiant servers running Linux and AlphaServers running OpenVMS. Come June, NonStop server users will be able to do the same.

"HP wanted to make sure it had a common Java application environment for its entire server line said, Mike Wardley, worldwide marketing director for HP-UX...

"BEA's software is usually found running on a Unix server, but HP thinks highly of the potential market for WebLogic on Linux..."

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