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Red Hat, HP, Intel Join in Itanium Linux Alliance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-the-64-on dept.

joel_archer writes "According to this Yahoo! article, Red Hat will begin selling an Itanium version of its Advanced Server Linux in partnership with HP. This is one of partnerships currently underway between these two companies. HP is a key partner for anything Itanium-related, the company invented the design underlying Itanium before handing it off to Intel to develop and manufacture. Bolstering that effort, Red Hat and HP have signed a deal under which Advanced Server will be certified on and available with all of HP's Intel-based ProLiant servers--not just Itanium systems, but also lower-end Xeon and Pentium versions and superthin 'blade' systems."

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  1. Enthusiasm for Opteron by oingoboingo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if this will affect any enthusiasm or special testing/optimisation that RedHat might have planned for the AMD side of the 64-bit fence. I can't imagine Intel not putting just a little bit of pressure on RedHat to be more forceful in their...patriotism.

  2. finally by RealisticWeb.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't mean to troll, but advanced server is just now getting to 64 bit archatecture? Would someone please tell me how long *NIX has been doing this, and how far behind win-tel is?

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  3. Re:sure.... but why? by NewbieSpaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please don't become like this:
    "640K should be enough for anyone." --Bill Gates

    linkage

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