by By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
July 11, 2002
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2873704,0...
+You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows--or a
+CIO to know that Linux has become a major server operating system.
+The real question for IT managers is whether Linux is ready to
+move beyond file and Web servers to application and Web services
+servers. The answer, if IBM has anything to do with it, is an
+unqualified yes.
...
+It's not just about Linux
+The move to Linux middleware represents a true change, says IDC's
+Kusnetzky, and in the end helps to unify the Unix platform. "HP is
+talking about how HP-UX will be able to run Linux applications; so
+is Sun with Solaris," he says. "ISVs are going to be asking
+themselves, 'Why should I bother to develop for a specific Unix if
+I can develop for Linux and it will run on almost all Unix
+platforms?'" Kusnetzky says that IBM is smart in betting big that
+Linux will become the universal enterprise Unix platform of
+tomorrow.
+
+Not only are IBM, Oracle, and other middleware vendors embracing
+Linux, they're also embracing J2EE-- almost all Linux middleware
+products are based on J2EE application servers. This isn't an
+about-face, but it doesform a strong bond between Linux and J2EE.
+
+One could even argue, as Kusnetzky does, that CIOs decide what
+database and middleware they need before they decide which
+operating system to support, rather than vice versa. "You don't
+want to lock yourself into hardware and operating systems, because
+that only makes it harder to migrate as technology improves," he
+explains. This approach is especially safe considering that
+middleware development has largely divided into two camps: Net
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