IBM To Offer Linux Version Of MySAP For Mainframes, Mar 22, 2001

MySAP is the first large-scale enterprise app to hit the Linux platform, and observers say the move should help IBM realize two key elements of its growth strategy.

The Mitac Cat PDA, a handheld computer powered by the Linux operating system, will go into mass production with a view to selling on the Taiwanese consumer market in the next three months, the company confirmed at the CeBIT computer show in Hanover on Thursday.

Red Hat beat analysts' estimates in its fourth quarter Thursday, posting a net loss of $600,000, or breakeven on a per share basis, on sales of $27 million. It also raised its profit targets for fiscal 2002.

At first, I thought Linux was going to be quite intimidating--after all, I'm no code monkey, you know. But after consulting the many guides on ZDNet Help & How-To, I was well on my way to becoming a penguin at heart.

There's the Steve who dismisses the upstart platform as lacking credibility. This Steve yesterday called Linux a 'toy'. However the Steve who wants to assure analysts that Microsoft is taking its competition seriously rapidly qualified the remark. "By IBM supporting Linux well then it is not a toy," he barked.

AMD's Hammer chip, which will be out by the end of the year, is a proprietary design, so software companies will have to decide to create separate versions of their products and Intel's future Itanium processor.

AMD is working closely with Linux developers to rally support for its chip. The company has posted software that simulates how the new chip works on the x86-64.org website, where open-source programmers can contribute to the Linux effort.

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