“Red Hat… today… announced the formation of a PARC-style
research centre charged with developing “world class” Linux
clustering technology.”
“… the prime motivator here appears to be its partner Alpha
Processor (API), the Samsung-Compaq joint venture. The
clustering technology centre — to be based at Red Hat’s facility
in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina… is aimed at promoting
Alpha as a server platform.”
“… since the work will be carried out as an open source
project, it will eventually appear in the Intel and Sparc versions
of Red Hat Linux…”