“IBM will kick its Unix strategies into a higher gear beginning
this fall as it delivers a beefed up version of its AIX operating
system that includes full Linux support and continuing next year
when the company rolls out a series of servers to be powered by the
company’s long-awaited Power 4 chip and featuring NUMA
technologies.”
“AIX 5L is sculpted to take advantage of IBM’s upcoming Power 4
RISC processor as well as Intel’s IA-64 chip. The 64-bit operating
system will contain the full set of Linux APIs, making it easier
for developers and corporate users to port Linux applications to
AIX allowing Linux and AIX applications to exist side by side.”
“Besides the convenience of having Linux and AIX
applications working in closer harmony in the same environment, the
time and expense required to create and deploy them will be reduced
significantly.“
“With the inclusion of Linux support, I think 5L gives our [AIX]
developers access to some of the hotter Internet-based markets
emerging like finance and petroleum exploration,” said Dave Turek,
vice president in charge of deep computing and Web servers at IBM’s
Enterprise Systems Group, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.”