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“Hard to believe it’s been 3 months already since the first issue
of The Linux Line hit inboxes all over the world, but a quarter
goes by pretty fast in Linux[R] time. It’s been a busy 3 months.
And we’re all extremely excited about the way Linux acceptance
is growing in the business world.”
of The Linux Line hit inboxes all over the world, but a quarter
goes by pretty fast in Linux[R] time. It’s been a busy 3 months.
And we’re all extremely excited about the way Linux acceptance
is growing in the business world.”
The Linux Line From: The Linux TeamDate: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:11:15 GMT LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL IBM LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL* *LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL* THE LINUX LINE *LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL* *LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL IBM LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL*LL Summer 2001 August 15, 2001 Volume I, Number 2 Welcome to the second issue of the companion newsletter to the Linux at IBM Web portal! http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/ibm Hard to believe it's been 3 months already since the first issue of The Linux Line hit inboxes all over the world, but a quarter goes by pretty fast in Linux[R] time. It's been a busy 3 months. And we're all extremely excited about the way Linux acceptance is growing in the business world. If this is your first issue, you should know that Linux is now the fastest-growing server operating system in the world. And we're proud to tell you that IBM supports Linux and the Open Source development community that drives it 100%. We've enabled our full line of hardware, software and services to run and support Linux because we believe that open standards-based development is what e-business needs to reach its full potential. That's why, every quarter, we'll provide you with the best information on Linux that IBM has to offer -- late-breaking news, hot topics, exclusive interviews, a full events calendar and some eye-opening Linux solutions, deployments, developer news, facts and figures. We look forward to sharing the Linux adventure with you, and would enjoy your feedback. Please feel free to forward The Linux Line along to your friends and colleagues, or if this was passed along to you, please join our 5500 other subscribers by visiting: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linuxline *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* IN THIS ISSUE ***************************************************************** Analysts' Corner "Linux:Ready for Prime Time" by Illuminata Inc. Linux Line Features Red Hat CEO James Nieser Talks to Linux Line SECTIONS BREAKING NEWS IN THE LINELIGHT BUSINESS PARTNER NEWS LINUX LEAPS - unique milestone Linux solutions and Case Studies APPetizers - new business applications ported to Linux DEVELOPments - Linux can do what? Development successes and brainstorms SUPPORTING LINUX - an expanding universe of Linux support services THE LINUX LOOP - events and resources to keep you current DID YOU KNOW? - facts and figures on the growing Linux marketplace BELIEVE IT OR NOT - oddities and factoids that will make you stop and think *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* ANALYSTS' CORNER Linux: Ready for prime time Copyright © 2001 Illuminata, Inc. ***************************************************************** The television program Saturday Night Live used to feature an ensemble cast collectively known as the Not Ready For Prime Time Players. "Readiness for prime time" thus entered the culture as shorthand for a thing's quality and fitness for everyday use. In recent years, a "not quite ready" label has often been applied to Linux, the open source platform sensation. But given Linux's rapid advancement and deployment over the last few years, how accurate is that thinking today? Not very. In fact, if "ready for prime time" means "ready for enterprise computing," it may not be the right question at all. Read on: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linuxline/rfpt *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Linux Line Exclusive Interview Red Hat CEO James Nieser by Rayme Jernigan ***************************************************************** Turning Mindshare into Revenue On December 5th of last year Dr. James Neiser left his IBM® position of vice president of worldwide distribution channel and customer set (SMB) to assume the role of marketing wizard for Red Hat. The timing was impeccable: Linux distributions were expected to start earning a profit, and James Neiser was supposed to play a major role in making it happen at Red Hat. In fact, Red Hat just announced that they posted a net profit of $600,000 for the first quarter of fiscal 2002, the first profit in company history and a step in the right direction. We asked Dr. Neiser to talk to us about Red Hat's marketing strategy, programs, and how he plans to increase revenues going forward. Here's what he had to say: LL: Hello, James, thanks for agreeing to talk to us. JN: My pleasure. There are lot of exciting things happening in the market. LL: You came on as Chief Marketing Officer for Red Hat at the end of last year, just as generating real revenues became quite relevant to Linux-based start-ups. What changes have you made since then to the marketing of Red Hat? JN: We recognized very quickly that we needed to focus on four things. First, building a opportunity pipeline engine to drive leads and take them through the qualification and selling process to close. This was fundamental to the revenue and we have put in new systems and marketing programs to do this marketing development. Second, we needed to revamp our Web site and telesales areas to be more effective in attracting and acquiring customers. You can already see the changes in the site, and we are in the process of changing our telesales model to better link with our Web activities and lead generation engine. Third, we needed to focus on selling business solutions, along with our partners like IBM and Pioneer, and create greater value for larger transaction sizes. And fourth, and actually most significant, we needed to build awareness that Red Hat is much more than just Linux. We have solutions from the mainframe to embedded devices, a middleware set of open source offerings such as e-Commerce, a complete end to end set of services from professional consulting to engineering services, installation, support and training and the premier Red Hat Network which provides more cost effective, Internet based, managed services for improving the reliability and security of your systems. LL: On this fourth point, have you been able to leverage eCos technical base on specific contracts? JN: eCos has continued to build a committed base of microprocessor vendors, board vendors and OEMs. In fact, with the implementation of EL/IX Level 1, which is a stripped-down version of the POSIX API, it's possible to use a subset of standard Linux functions as the interface to eCos. The result is a real-time kernel that's typically 50KB rather than 2MB. This enables a much wider range of devices that can run Linux software. LL: What are your focus areas in the enterprise marketplace? And though you've only been there a short time, what enterprise successes have you been most proud of? JN: Enterprises are faced with tough challenges today given the economic pressures and the fast moving competitive market. We offer an ideal set of solutions for those challenges. Our focus has been on the benefits of a common platform that is reliable, scalable and more cost effective across all their systems along with the services skills they need to take advantage of this opportunity. For example, enterprises can take advantage of the Red Hat solutions to improve their economics through Unix consolidation and migrating their high cost Solaris systems to a more effective, flexible and scalable solution. LL: Could you share some examples of when you've migrated customers to Linux from Solaris? JN: We are working with some very large vendors who are migrating their Sun systems to Linux and hope to soon have those disclosures available. In the meantime, you can see A variety of other examples through the Internet - for example, CNN is using Red Hat Linux instead of Solaris for its online streaming media using Real Server. Rutgers University replaced its expensive Digital Unix and Sun Solaris workstations with Red Hat Linux on Intel systems in its Physics and Astronomy department to explore deep space, work on complex theoretical calculations and use specialized applications. Another example is Caltech, which is replacing its Sun systems with Red Hat Linux for its computationally intensive MatLab vision simulations. LL: Tucows gave Red Hat 7.1 five "cows" and says this could be the most stable, robust release of Red Hat yet. That's got to make you pretty happy. And Red HaT just released RH 7.1 for Itanium... JN: And that is the point - when you buy from Red Hat we provide value much greater than just an open source solution. Red Hat adds value through the most extensive testing in the market backed by the top developers in the world working at Red Hat. In addition, we provide documentation, software and services to ensure the end product meets customer requirements. However, most of all, the customer is assured that they can get a consistent and reliable platform from a single global source. Red Hat is the only world wide company and all other distributions are regionally based. Itanium reflects our strategy to provide this platform across multiple architectures from the mainframe to embedded devices to provide a common application platform and better utilize available skills for more cost effective development and support. LL: There's been a running controversy about the future of Linux as a Client Operating Environment (that is: a replacement for Windows on the desktop). Do you have an opinion about this? JN: As part of our strategy to provide a common platform, we will provide an operating system for workstations. However, Red Hat will not be in the desktop productivity application business but rather support ISVs who decide to provide applications for that space. We do believe that engineering workstations is a more attractive market since it mirrors the adoption by technologists and developers in their need to have a high performance, reliable, scalable and common platform. The highest growth today is clearly in the server area where Linux is growing faster than Windows®, according to IDC. LL: You recently announced Software Manager service to allow administrators to manage systems remotely. What's the value proposition there for your customers? JN: Software Manager is the first of several service offerings that will be part of Red Hat Network. Red Hat Network provides a more cost effective, Internet based set of managed services for improving the reliability and security of your systems. Software Manager provides for updates, errata, package information and other services to make sure that your system is up to date. This becomes especially important when security violations such as viruses are identified or the latest patches or functionality is delivered. Future services will include group administration, proxy options, configuration and performance monitoring among others. This will allow administrators to reduce their technical support costs and more effectively deal with remote and distributed systems for higher satisfaction. LL: The community improves it is business models almost as often as they release new code patches... it seems all bugs are equally shallow in the marketplace as well. What plans do you have to secure Red Hat's position as a Linux mindshare leader, and Red Hat's revenue stream going forward? JN: Our plans are straightforward. Red Hat will continue to create tremendous value around open source, add higher value middleware solutions, and surround this with being the number one provider of open source professional services and Red Hat Network managed services. Red Hat will be the only single, reliable, global source and will continue to be backed by the best skills in the industry. If you want an open source solution, you will think of Red Hat as the premier provider on a world wide basis. LL: And how do you think your partnership with IBM relates to the larger Linux industry? JN: Our partnership with IBM brings credibility to the larger Linux industry. IBM's highly visible application, middleware and server backing reduces any fear and uncertainty among customers about migrating to Linux because IBM assures the viability of their investments longer term. In addition, this is reinforced by the clear communications from IBM about the size and importance of its investment as a strategic effort. Our partnership brings the best value propositions of both companies together to help drive faster market development and cross the chasm to mass market adoption. LL: Thanks James, it was a pleasure. Best wishes... JN: Thank you and we look forward to working with IBM! Rayme Jernigan is the managing editor of the IBM Linux portals. He has published articles through several publications and content sites including JavaWorld,IBM/developerWorks and Javasoft at Sun Microsystems. He was the founder and first president of the Triangle Java Users Group, and can be reached: rayme@us.ibm.com NOTE: ALL TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE RESPECTIVE OWNERS. *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* BREAKING NEWS ***************************************************************** The Register: MS Passport security considered harmful The lynchpin of Microsoft's web services - the Passport authentication service - has been found wanting in a study by two senior AT&T scientists. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362ms/passport The Observer: The worm that nearly toppled the tower "What is certain is that in the wake of Code Red, the world is running low on time and answers. Microsoft may be the McDonald's of computer software, but such convenience comes at a high price." http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362observer ZDNet: Apache avoids most security woes "This achievement is especially striking when contrasted with Microsoft Corp.'s IIS (Internet Information Services) Web server (see related story), which has gained the reputation of having more holes than Swiss cheese." http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362zdnet vnunet: Sun's rising star enters Microsoft space 'We saw how Microsoft was moving with licensing and how much it was going to cost. Star Office was a sticking plaster until we got some more funding, but he added that he would recommend any organisation looking to reduce its overheads to consider Star Office as an alternative. 'The aim in the foreseeable future is to do away with Microsoft [products] altogether,' Marshall said." http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362vnunet The Observer: It's enough to make an agnostic believe "... now installing current Red Hat or Mandrake distributions of Linux is easier than installing Windows 2000. You can now even buy machines with Linux pre-installed - and comprehensive after-sales support - from companies like Dell, Hewlett Packard and IBM. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362the/observer Silicon.com: Ford looks to open source "Motor giant Ford's European arm is planning to ditch Microsoft as it's desktop operating systems provided and move to an open source model, according to its European head of IT.'" http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362silicon *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* IN THE LINELIGHT ***************************************************************** LinuxWorld San Francisco August 28 -30 -- San Francisco, California -- Moscone Center Our summer Linux Banner Event expects to draw up to 20,000 attendees. IBM is a Platinum Sponsor of this event, and has another exciting IBM Customer Day planned for Wed., August 29th 2001. IBM VP, Steve Solazzo kicks off and hosts the day. Customers are invited to attend a 'Breakast with their Reps'. The agenda consists of sessions, booth visits and an executive luncheon. Sessions include: Dan Powers,"How a Penguin will change the face of the Internet" Christoph Arenz, "Growing Success of Linux on the Mainframe". There will also be a conference panel session hosted by IBM VP eServer Development and IBM President Open Source Development Lab, Ross Mauri on Best Practice with Linux for an eBusiness Infrastructure. Panelists will include representatives from SAP, Pioneer/Keylink and Grede Foundries. This year,IBM is the co-sponsor of the first ever "Enterprise Application showcase" featuring key ISV's, BP's and customers' case studies.The showcase will be located in Booth #273 in the center's North Hall and will feature a range of applications from independent software vendors (ISVs). The showcase will also feature various IBM business partners. Applications will range broadly to highlight the full capabilities of Linux, including work optimization, CAD (computer-aided design), gift registration, small business accounting, email infrastructure and automated web hosting. Our main IBM booth features an improved "Developer Habitat",where developers can test drive IBM's eServer line (i,x,p,z), and middleware. And don't miss the "Linux Car". The Day concludes with an IBM Executive Cocktail Party. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linuxline/events ========== IBM Linux Scholar Challenge IBM is announcing a Linux Scholar Challenge that will encourage student use of Linux to help the open source community. The objectives of this contest will be to promote the use of Linux worldwide by students in colleges and universities, solve real-world Linux issues, and educate students on open source environments and how to make improvements. Applicants must complete the online registration by October 15 at the Linux Challenge web site: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/challenge The contest will end on November 30 and winners will be announced on December 14. Students must be enrolled full-time in a two- or four-year accredited college or university. For this contest, students will select a Linux project from a list of twenty-one proposed projects; or propose one of their own. They will need to describe their objectives, methodology, research and results in a three-page paper; and submit it for evaluation. Winners will receive one of 25 IBM Thinkpads Three qualified winners will be offered Summer 2002 internships at IBM's Linux Technology Center. The university with the highest average score of student entries (with a minimum of 10 entries), with get their choice of a 16-node Linux Cluster, or entry-level zSeries Linux server IBM is strongly committed to the open source and open standards direction and has made significant investments to support our commitment. For more information about this contest, goto: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/challenge *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* BUSINESS PARTNER NEWS ***************************************************************^* If you're not already an IBM Business Partner, you can find out what the program is all about, become part of it and gain access to these special Business Partner resources by visiting: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362bp/membership Have you looked at the world through the Linux Lens lately? Linux Lens is the section of ibm.com/partnerworld that helps Business Partners keep current on the hot news in the cool world of Linux. You'll find links to that and a host of other Linux information for Business Partners at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/bp The e-Business Sales Essentials 2 course is now available for IBM Business Partners. Register today at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362bp/register Check out the special offer for a no-cost three month trial subscription to Linux Magazine available to IBM Business Partners in the US: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362bp/marketing *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* LINUX LEAPS: Forging New Ground in Linux Solutions ***************************************************************** ABC News: IBM to build computing 'utility' power grid IBM is betting that computing power will evolve into a simple utility like electricity with users buying what they need from a computing grid instead of owning large computers themselves. To capitalize, IBM is investing $4 billion to build 50 computer server farms around the world, said Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a vice president at IBM's Server Group. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362abc/news Linux Devices: NASA robot to use Linux, Pentium III The robot is a six-inch sphere inspired by the sparring droid that Luke Skywalker fights in the movie "Star Wars", but NASA engineers say its functionality is closer to the "tricorder" tool used in Star Trek: it senses the pressure and temperature of the ambient atmosphere, and detects concentrations of gases like carbon dioxide and oxygen. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/devices ZDNet: Open source Java going strong The open source and free software communities have embraced Java, and the fruits of that relationship are starting to show. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362zdnetnews The Register: PS2 Linux Kit heading for the US? The official PS2 Linux Kit website for Sony Computer Entertainment America consists of the following lines of text: "PS2 Linux Kit is only available in Japan." http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362ps2linux/kit Linux Devices: Linux "upgrade" unveiled for Palm III Empower Technologies Inc., a 30-person company based in Redmond, WA,today announced what they are calling "the world's first major operating system upgrade for Palm IIIx and IIIxe handhelds". http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/updrade Pavone and SuSE -- a winning combination proQuest set out to find a Linux-based project and resource management solution that would work with Domino for Linux,and be easily distributed to their different offices. When Sambeth saw PAVONE Project Management software at the CeBit 2000 in Hannover,Germany,he realized this was what proQuest had been looking for. Read the story at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/success IBM announces preload for Red Hat 7.1. IBM e(logo)Server xSeries systems are now available preloaded (in the U.S.)with Red Hat 7.1 or Caldera OpenLinux Server 2.3.1, two of the leading Linux Distributions available. For more information and details,see: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/xseries You can always find our latest Linux customer Case Studies at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/casestudies *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* APPetizers: Porting Linux to New Horizons ***************************************************************** ServerProven Solutions As of July 2001, the number of IBM eServer xSeries Linux ServerProven solutions has doubled from last year. To make finding the right solution easier from the growing list of validated ServerProven applications for Linux on xSeries, we have introduced a new website. Go to: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/eserver and click on Linux ServerProven Solutions. You can then search by industry, in addition to Company or Solution name, allowing you to more quickly locate the solutions you need. If you would like to validate an ISV application using the ServerProven program, you also can find out how to do that at the same location. Here are just a few examples of ISVs that have ported their great applications to Linux. (You can see them for yourself in the new Applications Showcase at LinuxWorld conference and expo) SteelEye http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362steeleye Tarantella http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362tarantella AccPac Int'l, Inc. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362accpac Alabanza Corp. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362alabanza eGrail Inc. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362egrail Journyx http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362journyx Legato Systems Inc. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362legato MarCole Enterprises http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362marcole Rational Software http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362rational SAP http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362sap SAS Institute Inc. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362sas Sendmail Inc. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362sendmail *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* DEVELOPments: Tickling Technology Forward ***************************************************************** Extreme Blue: Coding on the Edge The IBM Extreme Blue program is designed to bring the best and brightest computer science and MBA interns together inside IBM, to produce and manage cutting-edge, outside the box projects. Over the next few months, we'll be reporting on several of these projects that relate to Linux. The first of the projects we're looking at is called SashXB. SashXB proceeds from Sash for Windows, it's predecessor, which has been in development at IBM Research over the last couple of years. Sash for Windows brings the ease of JavaScript to the desktop by wrappering and abstracting the system APIs in a JavaScript superset. Sash comes with it's own fully featured application development environment. It can be dynamically updated, and has it's own security model which is rooted in the assumption that the scripted "weblications" it runs on the desktop, or from the web are from designated, trusted sources. This makes Sash a powerful application development tool and runtime that is available for use at the scripting level of software development complexity. If you can do JavaScript, you can do Sash. Sash has now been released as a preview, and if you have client-side development needs consistent with its profile you should check out release 2.0 at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362sash/home But Sash is currently for the Windows platform only, a drawback in the view of many. Enter SashXB. This year the Extreme Blue Sash team will build on last year's Extreme Blue Sash for Linux prototype, "Sashmo," and focus on bringing Sash's capabilities to Linux. SashXB will attempt to apply exactly the same abstraction of system API's as the Windows version. However, the Linux version is a complete rewrite and re-interpretation for Linux, not a port. SashXB components include the Xerces XML parser and Mozilla's Gecko HTML rendering system, and it is currently being re-engineered using XPCOM. Last year's effort was promising, but very difficult to compile (Gecko was not yet stable). So the goal of this years SashXB team is to make usable distributions that will comprise the first from-scratch open source project ever started at IBM. SashXB will include both the development environment and the runtime. And eventually, it will be Bonobo-aware. It's being made available to the community as a part of the GNOME desktop environment at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362gnome As is the case with most open source projects, SashXB is in need of skilled and dedicated hackers who are interested making contributions. Skilled writers for documentation are also needed. SashXB is still in it's early stages, so now might be a good time to look for a niche in the program. For more information, and to subscribe to the discussion lists have a look at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362sashxb/linux ========== FreeZ! for the Community: Who, let the Penguins out? In June, IBM unveiled it's new Linux Community Development System (LCDS). The LCDS will provide selected applicants with free zSeries mainframe Linux access via telnet and a secure shell client (SSH). These users will have root access to their own guest Linux systems, which are based on VM. The LCDS consists of a zSeries 9672 G6 Model ZX7 (10 way processor) with 32GB of memory, and a Shark 2105-F20 which provides 2.1 terabytes of storage. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362lcds/linux ========== The IBM Linux Technology Center If you're a hacker, you've probably heard of the Linux Technology Center (LTC), but might not know much about it. The LTC is an in-house IBM hacker meritocracy... a community of some of the best and brightest minds in the open source community, who happen to also work for IBM. They have the mandate to work with the community to make Linux succeed, and several LTC members are prominent in, or lead the projects they're associated with. The LTC also hosts several important resources that hackers or users may access, and should be aware of, including a collection of white papers covering several LTC open source projects. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/papers *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* SUPPORTING LINUX: New service offerings from IBM Global Services ***************************************************************** IBM Installation Services for DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition This installation services are targeting customers who want to install or migrate their DB2 system from version 5 or 6 to DB2 UDB EE Version 7. Platforms supported are : AIX, SUN, LINUX, HP-UX, NT Windows, Sequent/Dynix . IBM skilled services specialists will install and configure the DB2 products accordingly with customer's specifications, IBM Installation Services for DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Extended Edition This installation services are targeting customers who want to install or migrate their DB2 system from version 5 or 6 to DB2 UDB EEE Version 7.Platforms supported are : AIX, SUN, LINUX, HP-UX, Sequent/Dynix. DB2 UDB Enterprise Extended Edition specifically takes advantage of large scale symetric multiprocessing and multi-node configurations. IBM skilled services specialists will install and configure the DB2 products accordingly with customer's specification. To get more information on these IGS Services Offerings visit our website at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362linux/services e-Business Hosting - xSeries Linux Platform Offering IBM Global Services continues to expand its Linux Services portfolio. IBM e-Business Hosting is adding Red Hat Linux 6.2 to its suite of supported Operating Systems. This new offering consists of a base service element and a set of additional value added, rate card elements that customers can choose from to enable, manage, monitor & secure their Linux e-business servers. For more information, please visit our website at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362hosting *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* IN THE LOOP Keeping current with Linux ***************************************************************** Upcoming Events ***************************************************************** Solutions 2001 August 14-17 -- San Francisco, California -- Moscone Centre For the past two years, Solutions, The IBM Technical Developer Conference has become the place to meet, learn and test-drive the latest advances in IBM's open architecture and e-integrated solutions. This conference is dedicated to developers committed to using open standards technology to develop scalable, available and secure e-business solutions. Choose from the many breakout sessions, hands-on education, and birds-of-feather sessions focused on Linux that will be presented at the conference, including: IBM's Linux Strategy, Linux Clusters for eBusiness, and more. This year, the IBM Solution Excellence Awards will once again recognize outstanding commercial members of PartnerWorld for Developers. Categories include: Best Web Site, Hot Java Solution, New on the Horizon and e-Commerce -- and now -- Hot Linux Business Solution. Winners will be announced at Solution 2001 by IBM, Lotus and Tivoli. This is a fantastic opportunity for ISVs to promote their world-class Linux-based solutions. The winners will receive up to US$30,000 in marketing assistance and technical support. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362solutions/conference LinuxWorld San Francisco August 28 -30 -- San Francisco, California -- Moscone Center This show expects to draw up to 20,000 attendees. IBM is a Platinum Sponsor of this event, and has another exciting IBM Customer Day planned for Wed., August 29th 2001. Details in IN THE LINELIGHT, above, or at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362events/world/expo "Demystifying Linux" Rebroadcast On July 19th, IBM VP Steve Solazzo debunked some common Linux myths in a live Webcast you can listen to the rebroadcast at your convenience. In the US, call: 1 888-203-1112 International (TOLL): 719 457 0820 Passcode: 515683. Get Audio and Video on the Web at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362recording Caldera Forum August 19-22 -- University of California Santa Cruz The conference includes keynotes, individual sessions about Caldera International, Caldera's product line, Linux and Open Source to help you understand the range of possibilities Linux and eServer xSeries can offer. IBM will be demonstrating Clusters, File and Print servers and other solutions in the Exhibit hall. We encourage you to stop by and discuss your Linux experiences or get answers to your questions.For more information or to register, visit: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362caldera AMERICAS Linux Roadshows The dates have been set. Come Toronto, Ontario September, 25th Atlanta, Georgia October,18th Chicago, Illinois October, 30th For details, go to: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362roadshow IBM eServer pSeries (RS/6000), Linux and NUMA-Q Technical University Oct. 8-12, 2001 -- Atlanta, GA. Some of the newly added Linux topics include: Rebuilding the Linux kernel, Linux for UNIX professionals, Kernel recompile, Red Hat (R) Linux installation, Clustering, 'What is Linux?', Linux system monitoring, Load balancing cluster(s), Linux today, Linux networking, Linux VPM, Embedded Linux, Remote installation of Linux clusters, Setting up Linux-based routers and firewalls, For more information, please visit our Web site at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362pseries z/OS and OS/390 EXPO - featuring Linux for zSeries October 8-12, 2001 - Orlando, FL For details and Information visit: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362os390 For complete IBM Linux Event listings, please visit: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362events *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Learning Linux ***************************************************************** Linux Professional Institute Education and Certification (LPI) LPI is a non-profit organization involved with setting standards for professional certification. It is neutral to vendors of Linux distributions and training. IBM Learning Services can prepare you to obtain this certification. Alternatively, if you have general UNIX experience, you can take Linux for UNIX Professionals to prepare yourself. Certification is offered through the Linux Professional Institute: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362lpi Red Hat Linux Education and Certification Red Hat began operations in 1994 and has become the leading distributor of Linux in the US. IBM Learning Services offers Red Hat's hands-on, real-world Red Hat Certified Engineer (TM) (RHCE) (TM) Program, including training and certification of Red Hat Linux professionals. IBM can also help you prepare for the RHCE Certification exam. For exam schedules, as well as schedules for the other RHCE courses that IBM offers in the US, call 1-800-IBM-TEACH(426-8322) or Get details online at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362course/linux zSeries and S/390 Linux Education IBM Learning Services has three new courses for those of you wanting to implement Linux on a S/390 or zSeries platform. -VM Basics for Linux (ZV050) - a new 2-day course focusing on building the VM infrastructure to support Linux on an S/390 or zSeries platform -Linux Basics - An S/390 Perspective (HLX13) - a 2-day course for the S/390 professional needing basic education about Linux. This is a subset of the ILS course Linux Basics (course code QLX13) -Linux Implementation for S/390 (ZL100) - a 3-day course focused on the planning and tasks that are particular to implementation of Linux on the S/390 platform. Pre-requisites are ZV050 or HLX13 or both depending upon the background skill and experience of the individual. All of the above courses are available for delivery at IBM locations as well as onsite at the customer location. 1-800-IBM-TEACH. Be sure to reference the appropriate course code shown above. View schedules, descriptions and enroll online at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362curriculum or call. Getting Started with Linux and IBM e-Business Software on IBM e-Servers (QLS01) This new two day course provides first hand experience with basic Linux commands and configuration of WebSphere, Domino and DB2. Learn more about this course and other Linux education offerings at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362course/linux *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Did You Know? ***************************************************************** In "Linux goes mainstream," Forrester Research Director Carl Howe noted, "Forrester sees Linux and open source software as the future of Internet-based software development." http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362forrester According to IDC... - In 2000, Linux distributions accounted for 27% of the worldwide SOE new license revenue shipment totals compared with Microsoft's 41%. Linux has clearly emerged as the spoiler that will prevent Microsoft from achieving a dominant position in the SOE market. - With strong vocal and financial backing by heavy hitters including Intel, IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Compaq, and Siemens; and more recently by Hitachi, Fujitsu and NEC in the Japanese market, Linux is quickly gaining credibility with end users. - Recent demand-side studies run by IDC have found that users that obtain a free copy of Linux subsequently tend to invest a lot of real dollars to implement the product, just as they would for a purchased COE. http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362idc *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Believe it or not ***************************************************************** Estimating the size of GNU/Linux. David Wheeler has released More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size, his second white-paper to address the size and development costs of Linux. It analyzes the source code from Red Hat 7.1 to draw a number of conclusions, including: 1.It would cost over $1 billion (a Gigabuck) to develop this Linux distribution by conventional proprietary means in the U.S. (in year 2000 U.S. dollars). 2.It includes over 30 million physical source lines of code (SLOC). 3.It would have required about 8,000 person-years of development time. 4.Red Hat Linux 7.1 represents over a 60% increase in size, effort, and traditional development costs over Red Hat Linux 6.2 which was released about one year earlier). 5.The predominant software license is the GNU GPL. Software packages using the copylefting licenses (the GPL and LGPL), at least in part or as an alternative, accounted for 63% of the code. His original paper used Red Hat 6.2 as a reference platform. Some other distributions, such as Debian and SuSE, include much more code and would produce even larger numbers. Read the whole fascinating paper at: http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362gnu/linux *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* For Further Surfing ***************************************************************** Articles: Starting Points of a Secure Linux System http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362security Websites: New IBM Linux Portal http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362ibm/linux Open-Source Development Lab Web site http://www.osdl.org Open-Source Data Network, http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?on=c3362osdn *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^LL*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Next Issue ***************************************************************** The new Turbolinux is positioning themselves as an operating systems company, not just a Linux distribution. Their vision is to focus their energy on the middle-tier. And they want to build a strong, clearly-differentiated brand by providing Linux applications, and by making application deployment easier. This new vision will be implemented by Ly Pham, the new Turbolinux CEO. In the next issue of Linux line, we'll ask Ly for details about where she want's to take the company, and how she plans to get there. Also, look for full coverage and analysis of LinuxWorld Expo, San Francisco. Stay tuned each quarter for more breaking news, Linux solutions, innovative applications, facts, figures, and food for thought. Also, you can look forward to more exclusive interviews with leading executives from the broad world of Linux -- from distributors to ISVs to open-source gurus -- and fresh, current commentary from the analyst community. ***************************************************************** You responded to an IBM offer and provided your e-mail address so that we could keep you informed of important events and new business solutions. 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