[Fwd: InternetWeek Newsletter - March 3, 1999]

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

HP Forms Corporatewide Linux Initiative 

San Jose, Calif. -- Count Hewlett-Packard as the latest 
company to jump on the Linux bandwagon, as the company 
detailed its Linux strategy at the inaugural LinuxWorld 
Conference & Expo here. 

The company, which had already announced plans to support 
Linux on several fronts, said it has formed a corporatewide 
initiative to support porting of systems and applications to the 
operating platform.

HP has formed the Open Source Solution Operation, which will 
look to see that the company offers tools that extend its 
application development platform to work with HP-UX, 
Windows NT and Linux.

That will be achieved through the development of Linux-
compatible APIs and tools, said Wayne Caccamo, HP's Internet 
planning manager. 

Furthermore, HP has signed up with Puffin Group 
International, a software development and consulting firm, to 
port Linux to HP's PA-RISC server platform. Also, HP said 
that its Firehunter service-level management application is now 
available on Linux. By Jeffrey Schwartz 

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