IBM Enterprise Power Behind Linux - Brief Article - Product Announcement

ENT, April 12, 2000

IBM has a new thin-client computer and voice recognition software for Linux, as well as new contributions to open source development. IBM will now offer: Via Voice for Linux (the speech-recognition technology); IBM Network Stations running Linux (merging open-source and thin-client computing); contributions of skills and technology to the open source community for the development of an enterprise-class journaled file system; an application developer's kit, consisting of industry leading software (to accelerate development of small business applications for Linux); and a Linux beta version of NetObjects TopPage (the Web authoring and Web page design tool).

IBM also has support for a new Linux-based thin client. IBM will be posting information for customers and software vendors to implement Linux on the Network Station Series 2200 and 2800 in clients on the IBM Web site. The IBM Network Station Series 2200 and 2800 with Linux complements and will expand the family of Linux-certified IBM clients including ThinkPad, PC 300, IntelliStation and Netfinity servers, enabling customers to standardize their business on the open source Linux operating system.