[ Thanks to Jaime for
this link. ]
“Red Hat and IBM have expanded a partnership, with Red Hat
bringing its top-end version of Linux to all four of IBM’s server
lines and with IBM’s services and software divisions supporting Red
Hat’s software.“The multiyear deal, which will be announced Monday, boosts Red
Hat’s Advanced Server version, which comes with higher-end features
than Red Hat’s other versions of Linux. Red Hat, the top seller of
the Linux operating system, has already signed deals under which
IBM rivals Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer back Advanced
Server.“IBM, though, has been the loudest Linux supporters among
computer sellers. Because Linux runs on many different types of
computers–unlike Microsoft’s Windows or IBM’s version of Unix, for
example–it simplifies somewhat IBM’s complex server line…”