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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: HibbeeBoy on 9 November 2002, 01:25

Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: HibbeeBoy on 9 November 2002, 01:25
LINUX READY FOR PRIME TIME, FORRESTER SAYS
http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=15578 (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.
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: hm_murdock on 9 November 2002, 03:23
Who's JD Edwards?
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: HibbeeBoy on 9 November 2002, 04:52
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.
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: hm_murdock on 9 November 2002, 05:17
Interesting. I'd never heard the name before. They sound more like an investment firm than a software developer lol
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: voidmain on 9 November 2002, 05:20
Yeah, I always get them mixed up with Edward D. Jones.
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: Calum on 9 November 2002, 06:12
quote:
Originally posted by The Jimmy James X 10.3.6 / Bob:
Who's JD Edwards?


sounds like an alcoholic beverage to me...
Title: More Linux in the news but what the heck.
Post by: Kintaro on 9 November 2002, 07:26
Me too...


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