OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 on Compaq ProLiant ML330, DL320 and DL360 servers. Some of SCO s oldest and best customers have already announced that they ll be sticking with Caldera. BMW, one of SCO s largest customers worldwide, has a lot of confidence in Caldera International, says the car maker s European director. BMW is buying the newest release of SCO OpenServer 5 licenses to upgrade existing motor testing applications to the new generation of tester systems, according to the BMW director. Caldera insists that the marriage of Unix and Linux will be a success, but newlyweds tend to be idealistic.
Reality usually doesn t set in until after the honeymoon.
Big Blue is red hot on Unix trail Supporting Linux and AIX alike, IBM s new AIX 5L operating system and p660 and p620 servers are part of the company s ongoing push to take over the Unix market lead through a combination of direct sales and partnerships. IBM VP Mike Kerr thinks that IBM s just released midrange SMP servers, bundled with AIX 5L, will play mainly in existing AIX environments where IT staffers want to experiment with emerging Linux apps on the side. Other AIX servers have run Linux before. To support 5L, IBM has added several hundred new direct salespeople. The company will attack the enterprise market directly, and the small to midrange market through resellers and integrators.