LinuxWorld: Compaq joins server-clustering fray, Jan 29, 2001

Compaq Computer has selected SteelEye Technology's "clustering" software to help its high-end Linux servers catch up to those running Microsoft Windows.

Linus Torvalds, the inventor, lead developer, and so-called guardian of the Linux kernel, sheds light on the release of Linux 2.4, the operating system's future, and his role as guru-in-charge of Linux.

Conceived in 1999, Borland Software Corp.'s long-awaited Kylix development tool for Linux will be in customers' hands by the end of February

The release also marks the first time that Borland is releasing a product for Linux first and Windows second.

Cray, a brand name long associated with vector supercomputing, will soon appear on commodity server clusters running the open-source Linux operating system.

In conjunction with the LinuxWorld conference in New York, Cray Inc. of Seattle today announced it will start selling the clusters in mid-2001 without abandoning its traditional products, including the T3E and SV1 parallel supercomputers.

Penguin Computing has named Scott Weinbrandt vice president of marketing, the third new top executive at the company to be announced in the last two weeks. Weinbrandt, along with new Chief Executive Martin Seyer, previously worked at Dell Computer's server division.

Komatsu Mining Systems Inc. builds mining equipment, such as dump trucks, tractors and excavators, but the IT managers in the company's engineering department didn't have to dig deep to find reasons to begin using the Linux operating system for mission-critical applications

It's beginning to look like 2001 is the year Linux gets down to business. Systems managers who used to ask how Linux crept in the back door now ask if they can get the server to run it through the front door.

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