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ZDNet LinuxWorld coverage: Penguins unite!
Feb. 01, 2002

[Updated Feb. 1, 2002] ZDNet has created a special feature devoted to this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City . . .

LinuxWorld: Penguins unite!

With IBM leading the charge, the corporate world is finding a space for the alternative OS. While enthusiasts look forward to mainstreaming it on the desktop, Linux is gaining in the bigger picture.

  • Gadgets on parade at LinuxWorld -- Mainframes may be most important but they don't draw a crowd like the mob waiting to try out Sharp's Linux-powered Zaurus handheld or Sony's Linux-based PlayStation 2.

  • Consortium releases Linux standards -- In an effort to make it easier for software companies to bring their programs to Linux, the Free Standards Group has released new standards to deal with Linux language barriers.

  • IBM: Linux is ready to rule -- IBM says Linux readiness is far ahead of the world's perception of it. L.L. Bean, Pixar, Boscov's, and Salomon Smith Barney lead the group of big-name converts.

  • Row brewing over Linux patches -- Does Linus Torvalds need help? Many developers are getting frustrated with the Linux founder for not keeping up with minor fixes to the open-source OS.

  • Sony signs up Linux for PlayStation 2 -- Sony says it will begin selling disks to install Linux on PlayStation 2 and tools to develop Linux applications. Kits will include a 40GB hard drive, keyboard and mouse.

  • Linux could gain from HP, Compaq merger -- Hewlett-Packard's planned merger with Compaq Computer will speed the advancement of the Linux operating system, says HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina.

  • DreamWorks switches to HP, Linux -- At LinuxWorld, HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina announces that DreamWorks will be replacing SGI computers with HP PCs running Linux.

  • IBM: Linux is already paying off -- IBM's Bill Zeitler, head of the server group, says the $1 billion IBM invested in Linux last year has already been recouped through increased sales and services.

  • Veritas packs storage software for Linux -- The Foundation Suite, which long has existed for Unix servers, lets administrators more easily manage how a server communicates with multiple storage devices.

  • Turbolinux enlists HP, Compaq -- HP will co-brand PowerCockpit, which lets administrators control Linux servers remotely, and resell it for its Intel servers. Compaq will also promote the software.

  • Linux revives the mainframe -- Mainframes should take up the biggest space at this year's LinuxWorld as the OS breaths new life into the old industry standby. Corporations are beginning to take notice.

  • Red Hat raises the roof on Linux -- Red Hat Advanced Server is a higher-end version that includes features designed for more powerful servers such as communications, clustering and load-balancing.

  • Ximian eases open source licenses -- Ximian is changing the license for a key part of Mono, a project designed to duplicate Microsoft's .Net software, so that it could be used in closed-source projects.

  • Big Blue sold on Linux -- Big Blue's relationship with Linux goes a step further--merging the relatively new operating system with the old reliable mainframe. It targets server farmers.

  • Embedded Linux alive and kicking -- Although several Linux start-ups have vanished, the embedded-OS market is rife with competition and MontaVista is betting on Linux for success.

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