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HP Ports Linux to High-End Systems

by Dave Murphy
ISSN 1535-3613

Dave Murphy, DGL President & ITrain founder Hewlett-Packard (HP) is showing its support for Linux, the open-source cousin to UNIX, and is confirming its desire to include Linux in plans for future, high-end products.

HP has hired a Linux consultancy to ensure the wildly- popular operating system runs on its advanced, 64-bit PA-RISC chips by the first half of next year.

A 32-bit version of Linux for the PA-RISC chip is ready. And the outside consultants will make sure the 64-bit version is on schedule and available as HP plans.

Linux already runs on computers built around Sun's 64- bit UltraSparc processor and Compaq's 64-bit Alpha chip, and numerous companies including HP are working to make Linux compatible with Intel's forthcoming 64-bit offering.

Linux can be downloaded for free or purchased on CD- ROM for a few dollars. It's very popular on office and web servers, and the interest Sun, Compaq, and HP are giving it shows it's moving into high-end corporate servers, too. I anticipate it will be a popular desktop operating system on new computers later this year, especially for technical, scientific, and engineering applications. General office workers will start seeing Linux on their desktops in about another year.

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