But wait, there's more! Looks like all the IBM eServers will be running
RedHat Linux:
http://www.redhat.com/about/2000/press_ibm3.html
--Jon Diercks
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On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 11:18:14 -0700, Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Mark writes:
>> Today's WSJ has an article about IBM renaming all of its servers to
reduce
>> the confusion to customers.
>
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>> The huge computer concern, whose reputation still rests on building "big
>> iron," has decided to rebrand its entire line of powerful corporate
>> computers as "eServers."
>
>While this sounds like perhaps a sound marketing move, there's still a lot
>of difference between the individual IBM product lines. While they've said
>that they want to make the differences between the various servers less
>obvious to customers, this is a large problem that won't be solved any time
>soon. They can call them the same thing, but whether anything much will
>change for people who actually own one is questionable.