about linux, linuxbios and bootup times
Ronald G. Minnich
rminnich at lanl.gov
Fri Sep 10 11:14:00 CEST 2004
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Richard Smith wrote:
> So nuff' Heres the link to the interview. Wow thats awesome. LB is about to
> go big time. If Tyan leads you can bet many others will follow.
>
> http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/NewsSearch.asp?DocID=0000000000000000000000000
> 0002188&query=TYAN
>
> Ron, surely you are part of this. He lists the US goverment as the prime
> reason for the switch. Whats the full scoop?
I think it boils down to Tyan being a very forward-thinking company. And
yes, at least $30M in RFPs from LANL have gone out requiring linuxbios,
and yes, a lot of companies were unable to bid due to lack of ability to
provide linuxbios.
ron
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