“Until recently, Kenwood Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of
Japan’s Kenwood, used an ancient McDonnell Douglas mini-computer
running the Pick operating system for its order-entry, inventory
and control, and general ledger systems. When the dust began
getting too thick on that system, the company turned for an
alternative to Linux running on a Dell PowerEdge server — the
first of a two-stage migration that will eventually find the
company running on a modern ERP system.”
“We’re not on Linux because we’re gung ho for it or because
we’re revolutionaries,” said Gary Calvin, systems integration
specialist at Kenwood. “We chose it because it suits our
business….”
“Linux also was a better choice over Windows NT because
Linux requires less-powerful hardware than Windows NT to do the
same job, Calvin said.”