“Fresh from delivering its first official Linux systems, Compaq
wants to incorporate key elements of open source Linux
distributions in its Tru64 Unix, and vice versa, releasing code
from Tru64 as open source.
“Jon Hall, leader of Compaq’s Unix Group, said Compaq is porting
its compiler suite from Tru64 to Linux, and will ship extended
maths libraries under the open source General Public License. But
Compaq is also considering adopting the software installation
software Red Hat Package Manager, and the Gnome and KDE desktop
environments in Tru64 Unix.”