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                Date: 1999-02-18
                 
                 
                Support: IBM busserlt Linux
                
                 
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      Es war nur logisch, dass auf die Beteiligung IBMs am Linux- 
Distributor Red Hat irgendwann was folgen musste, wenn  
schon nicht Taten, dann wenigstens derselben Verkündigung. 
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IBM said Thursday it would work with distributor Red Hat  
Software to bring the free operating system to its server and  
client systems, starting with Netfinity servers and including  
work stations and desktops.  
... 
Last September, Intel bought a minority stake in Red Hat; in  
December, Sun Microsystems said it would add Linux  
compatibility to its Solaris operating environment; and just  
last month both Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics  
committed to using the platform on some of their Intel-based  
machines.  
 
Under the deal, IBM won't install Linux itself in its hardware.  
That will be left up to resellers or customers. But the  
company plans to back Linux with technical support, which  
could be key to the platform's wider adoption.  
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full text 
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/17980.html
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-02-18 
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