“So you’ve got Linux running a database server – Oracle, MySQL,
or a host of others that are available. You may even be running
your enterprise’s day-to-day computing tasks on a Linux-based
enterprise resource planning system, such as SAP’s R/3. But there’s
still more you can do to implement Linux for mission-critical
functions in your network.”
“Application servers and middleware software have become
essential components of large corporate networks and dot-com
start-ups involved in transaction-intensive Web businesses.
The application sever market in 1998 (the most recent year in which
statistics are available) grew more than 50% from the year before
to a total size of $405 million in the U.S., according to IDC, a
Framingham, Mass. research firm.”
“One of the most popular application server vendors, Allaire,
recently made its top product, ColdFusion, available for Linux.
ColdFusion application development and deployment systems for
e-businesses are widely used by a large number of dot-com
companies, such as Autobytel.com and Travelscape.com, and large
enterprises such as Kodak and Siemens. ColdFusion Server (the
application server engine) and ColdFusion Studio (the development
environment) have been shipping for Linux since April.”