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Infoworld says Group Bull SA will ship Linux
dancomfort sent us the news that Group Bull SA, the French computer manufacturer has joined the Linux group as well. They are setting up some new units, as well as certifying some of their servers with Red Hat 6. They are also planning on porting Common Data Security Architecture, in partnership with Intel.
If you were into security who would you go with? A company whose products phone home or one where you can go over the source and fix whatever you don't like.
The only question now is who will be the next company to throw a dart at M$.
Not all, maybe you forgot Bull has his hands in Packard Bell, NEC, NEC Japan, NEC China, and ZDS
every corporation that install linux installs Red Hat only. Is there ANYONE who installs Debian?
Actually, I can cook very well. And I have yet to lose a girl. Esp. not to an arrogant Frenchie. I know my way around just fine, thank you. My girlfriends have always enjoyed my tongue..... = )
The developers install Debian. Marketting sells Red Hat.
: Last time I looked there were more French troops in Kosovo than American ones...
You may have been looking in the wrong places... i heard the marines are all in the east of Kosovo, away from any real action - far from Pristina, or any serb troops.
Maybe Clinton won't be needing all those purple hearts afer all.
;)
For information about OpenMaster I guess you can check www.openmaster.com. Yes, it looks like a Tivoli clone.
This is fairly significant. Bull isn't just a french company - it's one of the biggest enterprise system integrators in the world. Most of their business is in the defense- and police sectors, and other high security and mission critical markets.
Don't forget to take a look at the the full press release, and Bull's Linux Web Page for the complete story.
French descent & proud of it. This guy's just ticked off because he can't cook & doesn't know his way around the female anatomy. :-)
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Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
Hahaha. Speaking of a people as being coward when you are yourself an anonymous coward.
Oh, yes I'm French, proud of it and I have the guts to say that without being an AC.
My country may be far from perfect but so is yours and so are any others, this don't prevent me from loving it nor does it prevent me from loving other countries as well. Your post is nothing more than flamebait and the world may be a better place without all the people like you but I prefer the world to be like it is with its diversity.
"The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers." Bill Gates,
Bull was at the Linux Expo in Paris Thursday and Friday. ... :-) )
They announced their plans to support Linux Thursday morning at the expo. They will only have support for the Intel platform. They say they can help you with any problem you could have running free software
Their booth was about 1/3 of the size of HP's or Compaq's. (But they were giving away Ice Creams, so I guess it's OK
This is a big win, but with some caveats:
1. Their Linux supported hardware (Express 5800) are actually relabeled Zenith Data Systems (a.k.a. Euro-Packard Bell/NEC) Intel server systems. Their link from the main Bull Linux page was broken, so try this one: Express5800 HX4600. No word on PPC systems yet.
2. They seem to be leaning heavily toward RedHat, but also include SuSE, Caldera and Pacific Hi-Tech in their announcements. Their European customer base might prefer SuSE. This also might impact their ability to get strong crypto tools installed worldwide without US intervention.
3. They mention porting OpenMaster to Linux; anybody have any comments on that tool set? It seems like it competes in the Tivoli/Unicenter/OpenView/Patrol/etc. systems management arena.
#include "disclaim.h"
"All the best people in life seem to like LINUX." - Steve Wozniak
#include "disclaim.h"
"All the best people in life seem to like LINUX." - Steve Wozniak
- Who will provide drivers that match system hardware?
- Who will give reasonable assurances that software upgrades will be released on-time?
- Who will provide customer support?
- What is most familiar to the public (and will potentially help increase sales)?
These are a few of the questions a hardware vendor must ask when selecting an OS to pre-install. Of course, some of those points outweigh others in the minds of profit-driven businesspersons. Micro$oft produces software that is notoriously late and is extremely buggy. (". . . most glitches are caused by poorly written drivers . .In the Linux community, only Red Hat consistently exceeds the criteria needed to justify the business decision for pre-installation, with the expectation of increased sales! Debian may be technically superior in some ways, but its non-profit nature makes the organization a bad choice for people who only see dollar signs. On the other hand, I wonder what promises the Red Hat guys are making that they know they can't deliver. If the Mad Hatters fall short of expectations, how bad will it damage the reputation of Linux as a whole in the business community?
But things could be much worse! Broup Bull SA and those other new Linux software providers and box-builders in the news could have signed agreements with CALDERA ! ! !
Your gf was stolen by a French guy, right ?
Since Bull mostly makes PowerPC systems that mean they will be using the PPC distribution with thier servers. This is an excellent boost for the PPC version of linux and hopefully developers will start considering optimizing and compiling thier code for the PPC and X86 concurrently.
Don't lead me into temptation... I can find it myself.
Another commercial vendor announces support of Linux. On the server only. As with nearly all of the commercial vendors.