More Linux in the news but what the heck.

[HibbeeBoy]

LINUX READY FOR PRIME TIME, FORRESTER SAYS
http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=15578
Although only 9 percent of Global 3,500 companies have completed a
Linux implementation, according to Forrester Research numbers, this
trend is about to change, the analyst group says. According to a
Forrester report released in October, Linux has reached key
milestones that make it a formidable competitor to higher priced
Unix boxes. Chiefly, the operating system is gaining the respect of
software vendors, with big names such as J.D. Edwards, Oracle, and
SAP porting their products to the open-source OS. Plus, Linux
vendors have taken more steps to standardize their releases, and the
Penguin platform has gained many more options for professional
services.

[hm_murdock]

Who's JD Edwards?

[HibbeeBoy]

JD Edwards is a ERP software vendor. They have many applications (manufacturing, financials, distribution etc) running on the iSeries(AS400) platform. They are probably the biggest ERP vendor in the iSeries arena. Others are SAP, Geac and a few more I can't remember.

[hm_murdock]

Interesting. I'd never heard the name before. They sound more like an investment firm than a software developer lol

[voidmain]

Yeah, I always get them mixed up with Edward D. Jones.

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by The Jimmy James X 10.3.6 / Bob:
Who's JD Edwards?

sounds like an alcoholic beverage to me...

[Kintaro]

Me too...


Linux will have simllar news about Workstations in a few years.