CNET News.com: VA Linux programs for the future Aug 9, 1999, 16 :36 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (3528 reads) (Other stories by Stephen Shankland)
"VA Linux Systems faces a tricky balancing act as the Linux operating system transforms from
a hobby to a tributary of corporate revenue streams."
"The company has a vested interest in the improvement of Linux, the open-source operating system
that comes with VA computers, and has hired several key programmers from the Linux community to
ensure continued development. But VA can't be too controlling, or else the open source community
that's the heart of Linux development will turn against VA, chief executive Larry Augustin says."
"VA will demonstrate some of the fruits of its work this week at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, California. The
company will show new servers that can be stacked in dense configurations, new management software to make it easier to
administer dozens or hundreds of Linux computers, and perhaps most significantly, a version of Linux running on Intel's simulator
of its next-generation 64-bit chip, Merced."
