[H-GEN] Compaq's support of Linux (fwd)

[Andrae Muys]

This coupled with Oracles announcement that they plan to sell and support
Linux themselves (as opposed to merely selling Applications), we are
starting to snowball.

Andrae

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:39:56 +0930 (CST)
From: Matthew Tippett <mtippett at ticons.com.au>
To: linuxsa at linuxsa.org.au
Cc: g at netcraft.com.au
Subject: Compaq's support of Linux (fwd)
Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:40:13 +0930
Resent-From: linuxsa at linuxsa.org.au

Great news on the Compaq/Digital side...

Regards,

Matt

Forwarded message:
> From dshearer at audrey.levels.unisa.edu.au  Wed Oct 14 11:12:39 1998
> Subject: Compaq's support of Linux (fwd)
> 
> The following message was posted to public LI lists by maddog. You might 
> like to pass this on to linuxsa. Note that maddog is not actually using 
> the best Linux trademark note in his .sig, it is supposed to read "...in 
> many countries" or similar.
> 
> --
>  Dan Shearer                            email: Dan.Shearer at UniSA.edu.au
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:43:12 -0400
> From: Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader <hall at zk3.dec.com>
> To: bod at li.org, tb at li.org, officers at li.org
> Cc: hall at zk3.dec.com
> Subject: Compaq's support of Linux
> 
> On Tuesday, September 15th, 1998 in Paris, France at our user event named 
> "Eureka", and again on October 5th at DECUS in Los Angeles, Compaq Computer
> Corporation announced intent to extend their support to the Linux(R) operating
> system to include Intel as well as the Alpha platforms.  In addition to
> extending this support to another architecture, Compaq is in the process of
> putting together a comprehensive program of Linux support.
> 
> This support includes, but is not limited to:
> 
> 	o working with the Linux community to port Linux to new platforms		o 
> qualification of Linux on both Intel and Alpha platforms
> 	o providing selected platforms with no license, specifically for Linux
> 	  and other freely available operating systems
> 	o working with the Linux community and distributions to provide
>           world-wide telephone and hardware support
> 	o porting selected Compaq software products to both Intel and Alpha
> 	  platforms
> 
> In continuing the concept of working with the Linux community, Compaq intends
> to extend its Linux support through its extensive channels partner programs.
> Compaq feels that this will give the broadest possible selection of products
> and solutions to our end customers, with our VARs, OEMs, Distributors and
> Resellers working with the customer to match the distribution, the layered
> products and third party offerings to that customer's needs.
> 
> While it will take a little while for this program to be put into complete
> action, there has been a lot of excitement inside Compaq since this decision
> was announced by John Rose, Vice President of Compaq, at our European User's
> event.  Indeed both Compaq and one of our channel partners, Hallmark, showed
> a licenseless AlphaServer 800 machine qualified for the Alpha Linux operating
> system at ISPcon in San Jose this month.
> 
> Warmest regards,
> 
> Jon "maddog" Hall
> 
> -- 
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