May 20, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL.org), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, announced on Wednesday that Bull HN Information Systems, Inc. (bull.com) has joined its membership ranks.
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"Linux is finding a home at the heart of the enterprise and we are pleased to welcome Bull to our Data Center Linux Working Group, which today includes more than 20 of the world's leading IT companies," says Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "Bull brings us key server, mainframe and infrastructure knowledge and expertise that will accelerate our efforts in delivering Linux solutions for high-end enterprise applications."
Bull designs servers and software for open source environments. It was one of the first companies to rely on Linux for support of mainframe environments on open standards-based servers.
"As Linux and open source mature, companies and governments are rapidly learning that this innovative technology is a powerful cost-reduction solution that can be used in high-end enterprise computing applications," says Carl Morelli, director of interoperability software engineering at Bull. "Bull has been an active contributor to a number of international open source projects and views its OSDL membership as an important way to amplify our investments and bring our expertise in mainframe-class features to the development of Linux as an enterprise platform."
