Linux May Be More Ready Than You Think
| Looking to pique enterprise customer interest in Linux, major vendors unveiled clustering technology, embedded systems software and thin-client options for the open source operating system. So Linux is ready for enterprise? |
At the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York, customers will get their first look at Trillian, a new technology that will let the Linux kernel run on forthcoming 64-bit Intel processors and will help the upstart operating system better compete with the likes of Sun and Microsoft.
In addition to large users, the expo will attract financial titans from nearby Wall Street looking for the "next hot company." Wall Street has been showering Linux vendors with affection since the wildly successful initial public offerings of Red Hat and other Linux vendors in the past few months.
The show will feature the release of the Trillian source code, which was developed by Intel and leading Linux vendors over the past nine months.
The Trillian participants, led by VA Linux Systems, have been very secretive at the insistence of Intel, but the so-called development release of Trillian will finally give Linux hackers a chance to evaluate the code. It also will be the first time Linux creator Linus Torvalds, who will deliver the opening keynote, has seen the code. Torvalds is expected to add Trillian to the base Linux kernel in the near future.
"The 64-bit platform will be very important to Linux in the server market," says one source who requested anonymity. "It is Intel's platform of the future and will help Linux compete against Sun and Microsoft."
Linux is ready for enterprise, that's no doubt. Linux will take over enterprise if Microsoft keep forcing their bad licensing scheme to Corporate customer.
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