IBM announces support for uniform version of Linux

Armonk 31 May 2002 IBM announced support for the new uniform version of Linux, known as UnitedLinux, across its portfolio of key hardware, software and services offerings.

To unify various distributions of the Linux operating system, four of the leading distributors, Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE and TurboLinux, have joined to create UnitedLinux. By creating a unified version of the open source platform, UnitedLinux will make it easier for businesses, hardware and software vendors and business partners to standardise on fewer versions of Linux, instead of porting e-business applications to a variety of different Linux distributions, which can be time-consuming and costly.

IBM will continue to support Red Hat Linux across its key hardware, software and services offerings. "Our support for UnitedLinux spans our entire Linux software, hardware, and services portfolio giving our customers and business partners what they need to move more business workloads onto Linux", stated Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Software Group.

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