“Ariel already offers RS2000 remote-access cards with Windows NT
support, and has signed an agreement with Red Hat Software, in
Research Triangle Park, N.C., to jointly market Red Hat Linux with
the RS2000 boards…”
“IC-2000 is one of several ISPs closely examining the expansion
into Linux support. Schneider said Ariel had developed RS-2000
boards with support for Sun Microsystems’ Solaris version of Unix,
and had looked at HP-UX, as well, but learned most smaller ISPs
were narrowing their OS options to either NT or Linux…”
“Mapletree similarly is emphasizing PCI as the base of its ISP
thrust, though the company is putting increased emphasis on
voice-over-IP and fax-over-IP functions…” Mapletree added a Linux
driver to its offering…”