“IBM Japan Ltd. announced Oct. 30 it will install its ‘e server
xSeries,’ Linux-based servers, at outlets of major convenience
store chain operator Lawson Inc.”
“About 7,600 Lawson stores now provide a service for booking
accommodation and tickets to concerts and leisure events through
“Loppi” multimedia terminals, which can also download game software
for the Game Boy machines of Nintendo Co., Ltd. Lawson decided to
install IBM Japan’s Linux servers to expand the services and
functions of the terminals.”
“From November, a main and a backup server will be placed in
stores with Loppi terminals. By March 2001, the biggest Linux-based
server network in Japan, involving 15,200 servers, should be up and
running.”