Accelerating Linux

"Customers who want servers that run on Intel-based hardware because it is cheap and readily available, already have two choices: Solaris x86, which brings the most robust and scalable operating system available to Intel hardware at a very reasonable price, and Windows NT 2000, of which everyone is familiar," Seebass says. While a switch to Linux might lower customers' initial OS expense slightly, he notes that it also means abandoning the support of large, experienced OS development organizations that know how to build, test and deliver a stable, commercial-quality product.