“IBM Corp. hopes to leverage the channel to succeed in its
porting of more than 300 middleware and software products to
Windows 2000.”
[ While the article mentions Linux right in the title of the
story, it only devotes the bottom two paragraphs to the OS. -lt ed
]
“While it is optimistic about Windows 2000, IBM also supports
Linux. IBM’s DB2 and Websphere server for Linux are in beta and
slated to be available next month, and Lotus Notes/Domino and
SecureWay will support Linux by year’s end, said company
executives. IBM’s Professional Support Services also will address
core operating-system-level problems for both Linux and Windows
2000.”
“‘People select platforms and operating systems based on what is
best suited for their applications,’ said Sullivan. ‘Linux’s
strength is in file and print sharing and Web serving tied to
Apache HTTP servers. That’s a growing market of new
implementations. We are hoping customers will implement Linux with
our middleware then scale up to S/390,’ he said.”