CNET News: IBM Expands Linux Push on Servers

“IBM on Tuesday announced an expansion of its sales of Linux on
server hardware.

“The company said it is now selling Linux on its entire pSeries
line of Unix servers, has cut the product line’s prices, and is
bringing faster 1.9GHz Power4+ chips to the top-end p690 model.

“Until now, Big Blue has offered Linux only on a handful of
lower-end pSeries machines, which more often run IBM’s version of
Unix, called AIX. Now IBM will sell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) 8 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 on all the pSeries
systems, the company said. IBM arranges for the Linux companies
themselves to deliver the software to customers…”

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