Fujitsu backs GNU/Linux for mission critical, enterprise systems

Bytes4allers,

This is to continue making more of us, especially hopelessly addicted to
proprietary systems and to following the tune set by body-shop
requisitionists in the US (therefore a major lag in courageous mindset
shift) so-called South Asian IT leaders to become cognisant that GNU/Linu=
x
and other server applications like Apache are *the* mission-critical OS a=
nd
have been for many years now.

If only they bothered to understand how long UNIX has been into networked
computing and how long M$ has been. How long UNIX has been into servers a=
nd
how long M$ has been. How companies that have spent many billions more,
could not come up, and *cannot* come up with TC/PIP or Linux. Throwing mo=
ney
at problems solves many of them *except*  those that go to the heart of m=
ass
human nature. Money does not solve the most critical problems or their
flow-ons. An organic pattern of high and sincere values is more likely to
solve them.

cheers../bala
Bala Pillai   <[email protected]>
Founder, The Asia Pacific Internet Company (since 1995)
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Fujitsu backs GNU/Linux for mission critical, enterprise systems
By John Lettice
Posted: 30/10/2002 at 11:59 GMT


Fujitsu is to adopt Linux as one of its "key operating systems" for next
generation IT systems, and is rolling out Linux versions of nine of its
middleware and packaged software products, the target being to have
commercialised large-scale, mission-critical enterprise systems running o=
n
Linux within the next three years.

The company announced the commitment last week in Japan (the initial wave=
 of
products is aimed at the Japanese market). Fujitsu, which says it will
promote and actively support Linux, feels that Linux is expanding out of
Internet-related server areas and is making headway as an OS for business
applications. The company says it will accelerate this by:
- Working closely with distributors to deliver applications compatibility
and long-term support;
- Cooperating with and contributing to the open source community's effort=
s
to improve and augment the Linux operating system;
- Developing and providing middleware and packaged software solutions for
corporate systems;
- Reinforcing its systems support organization for open source software;
- Providing hardware platforms and core software that improve the
scalability and reliability of the Linux operating system.

Seven middleware products, including PRIMECLUSTER clustering software, wi=
ll
be available in Japan from this month, while software solutions for carri=
ers
will ship there from March 2003. Fujitsu is also to offer Red Hat Advance=
d
Server with its PRIMERGY servers from December, and in addition to
certifying interoperability for its own middleware, will be doing so for
third party applications, including Oracle 9i. =AE