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Home Depot Shelves, At Least For A While, Big Linux Installation Big Retailer Goes With Unix Firm makes this decision though its supplier IBM is Linux's largest backer.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA
News is sometimes notable for what isn't mentioned.
Several weeks ago, rumor had it IBM Corp. would nail a big software contract with Home Depot Inc. involving the Linux operating system.
But when the deal came on March 18, Linux wasn't mentioned. This was odd since the world's biggest home-improvement chain was seen as a big fan of Linux.
Home Depot says it's paying IBM almost $10 million over three years to upgrade the software that runs 6,000 Web servers and their databases. But the software, which passes data to customers and suppliers, will be based on the Unix operating system.
"Our first deployments will be in Unix," Mike Anderson, Home Depot's vice president of technology, confirmed in an interview.
Some analysts say the choice shows big firms like Home Depot aren't finding it easy to change over to Linux. "It's very fair to say Home Depot is going slow on Linux," said Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle.
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