“Will Factory Install Linux on Global Basis, Offer Expanded
Services.“
“Dell announced today Linux as the company’s third global,
strategic operating system to power the front-end of its customers’
Internet infrastructures. The Linux operating system joins
Microsoft Corp.’s Windows® and Novell Inc.’s NetWare® as
one of three strategic operating systems Dell supports and factory
installs worldwide.”
“The announcement is part of Dell and Red Hat Inc.’s One Source
Alliance, a global initiative intended to speed commercial
acceptance and respond to the growing demand for Linux-based
systems for the Internet infrastructure. The addition of Linux as a
strategic, global operating system is expected to help Dell to
capture an increased percentage of spending associated with
building the infrastructure for the new Internet economy, which is
expected to reach $370 billion annually by 2003. The move also
reflects Dell’s commitment to Linux as a future operating system in
applications where UNIX is widely deployed currently. Dell is
currently the No. 2 provider worldwide of Linux-based systems1 and
the No. 2 provider of Standard Intel Architecture Servers worldwide
according to research by International Data Corporation2.”