The implied marriage between Linux and NDS is a match made in heaven. Perhaps this is why Linux has made some of its strongest moves in the e-commerce space. The combination of Apache, Intel and Linux makes for an incredibly efficient, yet still extremely inexpensive first-tier solution. Based on the responses demonstrated by CA and Novell, as well as what we've heard from other engineers, we suspect Linux has yet to be digested by most of the vendors' support networks. Products are obviously shipping, and vendors are coming through on their Linux-themed promises, but we've still got what looks to be a long road ahead of us.
Many vendors appear to be as new to Linux as their customer base is.
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