Ch@nnelWeb: Intel’s Swope: Linux To Fuel Data Centers

“CRN Senior Writer Paula Rooney recently spoke with William
Swope, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group and general
manager of the Intel Architecture Solutions Enabling Group, about
his LinuxWorld Expo keynote and the state of affairs for Linux in
the commercial realm.”

“CRN: What will your LinuxWorld Expo keynote
focus on?

Swope: My talk is along the lines of looking at
Linux in terms of its economic presence, its coming of age. It’s
more about Linux being [at the core of] the data center. We believe
there’s a number of places where the technology has real
applicability, and there’s some work to be done. This is the place
where the Linux community continues to organize and structure in
terms of development and deployment and how that’s going to reach
in and touch a classic customer that’s been more reticent to touch
those models. My speech looks at Linux in terms of economics and
marketing and what’s the likely outcome.”

“CRN: What is the future of Linux?

Swope: For the next couple of years, it’s
clearly getting Linux technology to meet more and more of the needs
of running the data center and doing back-end computational models
in the best interest of those running data centers. In the
next two to three years, the economics are clear to Intel: that the
data center represents a huge economic opportunity and a lot of
people using Unix in that environment today would be eager for an
alternative.”

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