[Fwd: InformationWeek Daily 5/7/99]

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

___Progress Software To Port Its Technology To Linux___
The Linux market will get a boost this fall when Progress 
Software Corp. begins shipping Linux versions of its 
database, application server, and 4GL development 
environment.

Progress' plans, to be officially announced May 24, are 
significant because there are more than 5,000 commercial 
applications built on top of the company's software, such as 
ERP software from QAD Inc. and financial-service 
applications from Fiserv Inc. Those applications will 
immediately be able to run in Linux environments without 
alteration once Progress completes its porting work. 
Progress will initially support its products on the Red Hat 
Software version of Linux for Intel-based systems.

Linux's popularity has exploded in the last year because of 
its performance and reliability. But its growth in 
commercial computing environments has been hindered by a 
lack of applications. In recent months, a number of software 
heavyweights, including Computer Associates and SAP, have 
announced their intention to port their software to the 
open-source operating system.  --Rick Whiting

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