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AS400Network: Conference-Goers Preview iSeries (AS400) Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 9, 2001

“Linux on the iSeries won’t be available for several more weeks,
but attendees at LinuxWorld in New York and the Linux Expo in Paris
last week got a sneak peak at the operating system.”

“IBM displayed a 4-way iSeries 820 running OS/400 in one
partition and Linux in the other three to illustrate that iSeries
could support more than one Linux image
, says Craig Johnson,
IBM iSeries server consolidation segment manager, who participated
in the New York demonstration.”

“Overall, the presentations went very well, Johnson says, and
LinuxWorld attendees, including a number of AS/400 and iSeries
customers and solution providers, were very interested to see Linux
on the iSeries.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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