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And we’re all extremely excited about the way Linux acceptance
is growing in the business world.”
The Linux Line
From: The Linux Team
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 13:11:15 GMT
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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!
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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.
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the fastest-growing server operating system in the world. And
we're proud to tell you that IBM supports Linux and the Open
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support Linux because we believe that open standards-based
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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
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ANALYSTS' CORNER Linux: Ready for prime time
Copyright © 2001 Illuminata, Inc.
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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
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Linux Line Exclusive Interview Red Hat CEO James Nieser
by Rayme Jernigan
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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
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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
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IN THE LINELIGHT
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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
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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
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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
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LINUX LEAPS: Forging New Ground in Linux Solutions
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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
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APPetizers: Porting Linux to New Horizons
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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
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DEVELOPments: Tickling Technology Forward
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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
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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
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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
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SUPPORTING LINUX: New service offerings from IBM Global Services
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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
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IN THE LOOP Keeping current with Linux
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Upcoming Events
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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
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Learning Linux
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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
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Did You Know?
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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
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Believe it or not
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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
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For Further Surfing
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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
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Next Issue
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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.
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