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Computerworld.NZ: BMC Looks at Easing Linux Migrations

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2002

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“BMC Software’s Calvin Guidry expects to see Linux running
mission-critical applications sooner rather than later.

“The company’s Houston-based general manager of enterprise
systems management says supporting Linux is a strategic initiative
for BMC because it works on platforms as diverse as Intel and IBM’s
mainframe class Z series (formerly S/390).

“If I can move from the Intel platform to the Z series with no
modifications to my applications–just a re-compile–I can save
millions of dollars,” he says, adopting a CIO’s point of
view…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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