The Star (Malaysia): IBM expands support for Linux | Linux Today

The Star (Malaysia): IBM expands support for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 27, 2000

“IBM said it has announced several new hardware and software
offerings and a broad set of initiatives to help its developer and
reseller partners develop and install Linux solutions for customers
worldwide.”

“The initiatives include ThinkPad notebooks pre-configured with
Caldera OpenLinux; SuSE Linux support for IBM RS/6000 servers; new
and enhanced versions of the popular Websphere Application Server
for Linux; a set of partner initiatives to support development of
Linux applications and provide training; and education and
certification for IBM’s 90,000 resellers and solution
providers.”

IBM also announced that it has the Linux operating system
up-and-running on its next generation POWER 4 microprocessor, due
out next year.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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