By John Oates, 9 December 1999 00:25
NEWS Linux got yet another boost today with news that French schools across the nation are to deploy the operating system on Cobalt servers. Cobalt - which manufactures distinctive blue qube servers - has done a deal with France Telecom to put the boxes into schools through reseller DNS Telecom. The roll-out will begin later this month. A spokesman for the company said the qube is perfect for the education market because they are specifically designed to be set-up by people with minimal IT skills. Using Linux, he added, was also an obvious choice because of the lack of software licensing costs. Cobalt launched in Europe in August 1998 (see 'Windows NT gets slammed as Linux gets a boost' http://www.silicon.com/a23135 ) and has had some success in the ISP market. However, this is its first big win in the education market. You can watch an interview with Vivek Mehra, co-founder of Cobalt in Silicon.com's Server channel.
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