... continues to mature. What do you think will happen? :)
[link|http://www.idg.net/ec?content_source_id=25&idgnet_page=1&page_id=1794&channel_id=9-10000&remote_addr=63%2E28%2E165%2E161&doc_id=667898&site_id=366&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eidg%2Enet%2F|


When Linux grows up, IBM glad to boot AIX]

Ashlee Vance, IDG News Service\\San Francisco Bureau
August 14, 2001, 13:57

SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM Corp. continued its vocal support of the Linux operating system Tuesday, saying the company will gladly drop its version of Unix from servers and replace it with Linux if the software matures so that it can handle the most demanding tasks.

IBM executives speaking here at the company's developer conference outlined reasons for the company's Linux support, pointing to features in the operating system that could push it past Unix for back-end computing. While they admit that Linux still has a way to go before it can compete with the functions available on many flavors of Unix, IBM officials said that Linux could prove more cost effective and be a more user-friendly way to manage servers.