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Hewlett-Packard Leaps On Linux Bandwagon
(02/23/99, 8:32 p.m. ET)
By Stuart Glascock, Computer Reseller News
At LinuxWorld in San Jose, Calif., next week,

Hewlett-Packard will formally unveil a companywide Linux strategy
stretching across its platform, services, and software groups and
joining a growing number of hardware vendors to fully embrace the
alternative operating system.
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"HP really sees Linux as a significant force in the industry," said
Wayne Caccamo, HP Internet planning manager, Internet Application
Server Division. "We really expect it to emerge as a platform of
choice in selected environments, particularly in ISPs and in
e-commerce software development."

To take advantage of Linux momentum, HP is forming an Open Source
Solutions Operation, which will drive HP's Linux strategy, Caccamo
said.

HP already has announced support for the HP NetServer product line
with Linux vendor Red Hat Software, in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
And an HP project is already underway to post Linux to IA-64. At
LinuxWorld, HP will further join the Linux bandwagon by supporting
Linux for PA-RISC.

In an unusual twist, the PA-RISC effort will be a pure open source
development, coordinated by a group of Ottawa-based open source
developers called The Puffin Group.

"The Puffin Group is coordinating this porting project on behalf of
HP," Caccamo said.

In the software area, HP plans to bring its entire software and
applications lines to Linux, with the aim of positioning Linux as the
preferred development strategy for HP. In addition, the company will
be starting a Linux training program and an electronic support system
for Linux. Embracing Linux does not compete with HP's own flagship
enterprise operating system, HP-UX, Caccamo said.

"We see them as complementary," he said. "While they will go after
similar things, Linux just doesn't do high-availability clustering.
It doesn't scale." In other areas, there are plans to include support
for Linux users on OpenMail, HP's Unix-system enterprise-messaging
and collaborating product. Also, HP Firehunter service-level
management application is available on Linux.

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