Thanks for the info. This press release concerns me, perhaps someone else has more information? Looks like SCO is losing the licensing game to HP and SUN.
HP licenses HP-UX to Hitachi, NEC, and Stratus
By Nancy Weil
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 10:58 AM PT, Apr 28, 1998
Hitachi, NEC, and Stratus Computer Tuesday announced they have licensed Hewlett-Packard's version of the Unix operating system and will be ready to
launch HP-UX systems when Intel releases its 64-bit Merced processor in 1999.
Because Intel has not announced a release date, representatives of HP, Hitachi, NEC, and Stratus said they cannot say when they will release hardware to
run on Merced, but that the launch of new machines will take place soon after Merced hits the market.
HP will ship the first board-upgradable server platform for Merced, said Bill Russell, HP vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Systems
Group, at a press conference Tuesday.
"A simple board swap will allow [customers] to upgrade to IA-64," Russell said.
HP has had partnerships with the other three companies involved in today's announcement, which officials said is being viewed as a renewed commitment
to HP and its operating system. For instance, Hitachi sells HI-UX, its Unix version based on HP-UX, in Japan.
The companies also are collaborating with HP on middleware for enterprise systems.
Fujitsu and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme are among major computer manufacturers also planning Unix-based Merced systems, but with HP
competitor Sun Microsystems and its Solaris.
Hewlett-Packard Co., in Palo Alto, Calif., can be reached at (650) 857-1501 or hp.com. Hitachi Ltd., in Tokyo, can be reached at (81) 3 325
8205 5 or hitachi.co.jp. NEC Corp., also in Tokyo, can be reached at 81 3 3798 1111 or nec.com. Stratus Computer Inc., in
Marlboro, Mass., can be reached at (508) 460-2000 or stratus.com.
Nancy Weil is a Boston correspondent for the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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