Start-ups back Linux for data centers
Source: CNet News
OpsWare and CoroSoft, two companies that sell software designed to ease the operation of "data centers" packed with computers, are expanding their support for Linux.
OpsWare, the start-up cofounded by Netscape pioneer Marc Andreessen, plans to announce its management now will be able to administer computers running several versions of Red Hat's Linux operating system. OpsWare plans to announce the move Wednesday, the opening day of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York.
OpsWare, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., and formerly called LoudCloud, previously sold just software for Microsoft Windows and for versions of Unix from Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microystems and IBM. The company now will support Red Hat Linux from version 6.2 on, including Red Hat's Advanced Server edition.
