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CNET News.com: Linux-on-Itanium effort gets more backing

“A coalition of firms aiming to make the Linux operating
system work on Intel’s upcoming Itanium chip is getting bigger,
with the addition of the four biggest Linux sellers, sources
said.”

“Leading Linux seller Red Hat won a place in the coalition,
dubbed Trillian, when it acquired software development toolmaker
Cygnus Solutions in November. Soon it will be joined by Caldera
Systems, TurboLinux and SuSE, the three other largest sellers of
the Unix-like operating system, sources familiar with the plan
said.”

“The Trillian project is a big factor in the future success of
Linux…”


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