HP
Likes Open Source
HP
emphasized its success in Linux, noting that in 2002 it generated
$2 billion in Linux-based revenue.
Like IBM and Sun, it showed off a few of its bigger and
more prestigious Linux customers.
And
it used LinuxWorld to announce some new products, including:
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Starting
in February, HP plans to offer Red Hat Linux pre-installed on
a new line of personal workstations.
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An
integrated, high-availability clustering solution on a range
of HP storage systems and ProLiant servers. It provides
efficient, continuous access to applications and data,
sophisticated cluster management, total solution
accountability with complementary support to meet service
level requirements, and it offers disaster-tolerant stretch
clustering with HP Cluster Extension.
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A
four-processor blade server, which runs Linux
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HP's
Linux Academy is an internal HP program to certify on Linux
more than 500 HP professionals within the global HP Services
organization in the major Linux distributions.
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HP
has also announced a Channel Program, designed to drive
Linux-based solutions for Oracle, Sendmail and HPTC clusters, and
to provide a baseline for clear, repeatable solutions. This
program is founded in conjunction with Pioneer, which will provide
matching funding for demand generation and training programs.
We'd
note that the presence of IBM, HP, and Sun in the Linux business,
all with announcements, ongoing commitments, and programs, is
indicative of Linux's change in status, moving into the mainstream
market.
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