“Red Hat…the leading provider of open source solutions, and
IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a worldwide licensing and
distribution agreement for IBM’s Java software for Linux critical
components of today’s enterprise and e-commerce Internet
applications.”
“Under the agreement, Red Hat will license and distribute
IBM’s Java Runtime engine, Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the IBM
Developer Kit for Linux, Java Technology Edition. IBM’s
JavaTechnology will be distributed with the Red Hat Linux Operating
Systems (OS) Enterprise Edition. Red Hat will provide worldwide
support contact for users of the IBM Java Technology as they create
and deploy Java-based Internet solutions on Red Hat Linux.”
“Users worldwide can now leverage Red Hat as a complete, trusted
source to help them quickly create and deploy Java-based,
enterprise e-business applications for Linux,” said Paul McNamara,
General Manager of the Enterprise Business Unit, Red Hat, Inc. “The
combination of Red Hat’s unmatched open source expertise and Java’s
write-once, deploy anywhere functionality lets companies
effortlessly and confidently migrate e-commerce applications
written in Java to the Red Hat Linux platform for maximum
performance, scalability and stability.”