Project Monterey

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SCO–Linux disputes
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  • SCO v. IBM
  • SCO v. AutoZone
  • SCO v. DaimlerChrysler
  • SCO v. Novell
  • Red Hat v. SCO
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Project Monterey was an attempt to build a single

Intel Corporation provided expertise and ISV development funding for porting to their upcoming IA-64 (Itanium Architecture) CPU platform, which was yet to be released at that time.[2]
The focus of the project was to create an enterprise-class UNIX for IA-64, which at the time was expected to eventually dominate the UNIX server market.

By March 2001, however, "the explosion in popularity of Linux ... prompted IBM to quietly ditch" this;

Project Trillian, which delivered workable code in February 2000. In late 2000, IBM announced a major effort to support Linux.[5]

In May 2001, the project announced the availability of a beta test version AIX-5L for IA-64, basically meeting its original primary goal. However, Intel had missed its delivery date for its first Itanium processor by two years, and the Monterey software had no market.[6]

With the exception of the IA-64 port and Dynix MP improvements, much of the Monterey effort was an attempt to standardize existing versions of Unix into a single compatible system. Such efforts had been undertaken in the past (e.g., 3DA) and had generally failed, as the companies involved were too reliant on vendor lock-in[citation needed] to fully support a standard that would allow their customers to leave for other products. With Monterey, two of the key partners already had a niche they expected to continue to serve in the future: POWER and IA-64 for IBM, IA-32 and IA-64 for SCO.

The breakdown of Project Monterey was one of the factors leading to a

SCO Group sued IBM
over their contributions to Linux.

IBM sold only 32 Monterey licenses in 2001, and fewer in 2002.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Jaikumar Vijayan (February 1, 1999). "Sequent Sketches UNIX/NT Road Map". Computerworld. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. ^ Hughes-Rowlands, Richard; Chibib, Ahmed (August 31, 1999). "Project Monterey" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ZDNet
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  4. ^ Jones, Pamela (April 25, 2005). "More Evidence Project Monterey Partners Knew Linux Was the Future". Groklaw. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  5. ^ "IBM to spend $1 billion on Linux in 2001". CNET News.com. 2000-12-12. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  6. ^ a b Jones, Pamela (August 25, 2005). "2002 IBM Internal Email on Project Monterey - "No One Wants It"". Groklaw. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  7. ^ Borchers, Detlef (2005-08-28). "SCO vs. Linux: 32 mal Monterey". Heise Online. Retrieved 2007-05-20.

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