Another strategic move for Ubuntu Linux
We’ve been witnessing how Ubuntu to grow from a geek’s PC to consumer level, and now Zimbra Collaboration Suite is to offer Ubuntu Linux support. It means, slowly but surely Ubuntu is taking its place in the enterprise data centers, SME’s server rooms.
CNet reports: Zimbra offers two versions of its server software, the free Open-Source Edition and the certified, supported and fuller-feature derivative called the Network Edition for paying customers. The Network Edition previously was available just for Red Hat’s Linux, Novell’s Suse Linux and Mac OS X, but now the company has added Ubuntu to the list.
“We’re seeing real business using Ubuntu,” Zimbra Chief Executive Satish Dharmaraj said Thursday in an interview at the start-up’s headquarters here. The Ubuntu version is available now, though Zimbra doesn’t plan to formally announce it until later this month.
For downloads of the free version, Ubuntu has tied Red Hat in popularity at 18 percent, he said and for the beta Network Edition, Ubuntu was in second place with a significant fraction of Red Hat’s popularity.
“While the focus of Ubuntu has been around desktop use, Canonical is also positioning Ubuntu as a server play. Zimbra’s support of Ubuntu is yet another sign that customers are looking at Ubuntu as a server platform, as well,” said Raven Zachary, analyst at The 451 Group.
The partnership links two allies in the effort to make a business out of open-source software–a complicated undertaking given that the underlying software can be obtained for free. Many rules change when it comes to open-source software, but one that has remained constant is a preference for assurances provided by software that’s supported and certified to work with other products.
via - CNet News
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