SuSE offers Linux for Opteron, Apr 21, 2003

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) can address as much as 512GB of memory on an Opteron system, half the 1 terabyte limit of the processor itself and an amount that only today's most powerful servers, with dozens of processors, can accommodate. Although AMD has grand ambitions, initial Opteron systems will be much smaller dual-processor models.

Microsoft has enraged the developer community after a Redmond executive last week threatened a software developer to prevent him from demonstrating a Microsoft application running on Linux.

The key here is to be proactive in taking the case to government agencies and legislators on a consistent basis. The commercial software companies pour a fair amount of money into getting into and staying with government agencies, schools and so on. It will take a lot of effort to get equal time for open source, especially since so much open-source lobbying is done by volunteers, while commercial software companies can hire full-time lobbyists.

Unfortunately, education isn't enough. We need to enact legislation at the state and federal levels to give consideration to open-source software.

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