2001 - Open Source Infrastructure - A Manifesto for the Coming Big Bang - Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown & Phil Rueppel

Texto

[ox] Deutsche Bank: "Open Source Infrastructure -- A Manifesto for the Coming Big Bang.

From: "geert" <geert basis.desk.nl> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:47:21 +1100

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:11:59 -0800 (PST) From: HPCwire <hpcwire tgc.com> Subject: 19209 DEUTSCHE BANK LOOKS AT OPEN SOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE 01.19.01 Content-Length: 4810

DEUTSCHE BANK LOOKS AT OPEN SOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE 01.19.01 FEATURES AND COMMENTARY HPCwire

San Francisco, CA -- Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown equity research analyst Phil Rueppel today published an industry report, "Open Source Infrastructure --

A Manifesto for the Coming Big Bang." Additionally, yesterday he expanded his coverage of the Linux Market industry by initiating coverage of Red Hat, Inc.

(Nasdaq : RHAT) with a buy rating ($7.0).

In his report focused on Open Source technologies, Rueppel outlines:

• the market opportunities;

• a comparison of the traditional business models in the IT industry and the Open Source model;

• several probable success scenarios of the Open Source model;

• shortcomings and strengths of Open Source solutions;

• the impact of Open Source on the IT industry landscape;

• Open Source products and services;

• and the profiles of 2 public companies and 29 private companies.

"Linux and other Open Source technologies continue to demonstrate the characteristics of strong growth, increased customer penetration, and disruptive change -- all factors that create investment opportunities in our view," said Rueppel. "We believe that as Open Source moves from the early adopter internet-centric customers towards adoption by the corporate mainstream -- a trend that we are currently seeing -- the vendors focused on the segment will be the winners both fundamentally and in the stock market."

His positive opinion on Open Source technologies is based on the following key investment themes:

• the IT industry's prevailing software development model is

"inadequate"

• the Open Source development model can be a "better mousetrap" to

address enterprises' IT needs

• the Open Source model could lead to significant disruption of the IT

industry landscape

• Open Source companies can develop profitable business models by

leveraging Open Source to deliver "single stack" IT solutions

• Linux is the ultimate proof-point that the Open Source model can

succeed; Linux has quickly emerged as the only other viable computing platform alongside Sun Microsystem's (SUNW) Solaris and Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) Windows2000

Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown identifies the US investment banking activities of DB Alex. Brown LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., which are indirect subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG. With over EUR995 billion in assets as of September 30, 2000 and approximately 95,000 employees, Deutsche Bank offers its clients unparalleled financial services throughout the world. It ranks among the leaders in asset management, capital markets, corporate finance, custody, cash management and private banking. Deutsche Bank is divided into five major business units: Global Corporates and Institutions, Global Technology and Services, Asset Management, Corporates and Real Estates and Private and Retail Banking.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. maintains a net primary market in the common stock of Red Hat, Inc. The following stock(s) is (are) optionable: Red Hat, Inc.

In the U.S. this report may be distributed either by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., or DB Alex. Brown LLC. Interested parties are advised to contact the U.S. entity they currently deal with, or the U.S. entity that has distributed this report to them.

Web site: http://www.dbgroup.com

H P C w i r e S P O N S O R S

Product specifications and company information in this section are available to both subscribers and non-subscribers.

530) DataDirect Networks [ ] 947) Etnus / TotalView

529) Linux NetworX [ ] 929) Essential

528) API [ ] 921) SGI

526) GENROCO [ ] 934) Hewlett-Packard

527) Intel [ ] 949) Visual Numerics

525) Honeywell [ ] 930) NEC

948) Cray Inc. [ ] 902) IBM Corp.

909) Fujitsu [ ] 932) Portland Group

937) Compaq [ ] 945) NAG

946) Quadrics [ ] 942) Sun Microsystems

Send info requests (an X-marked copy of this message) to more tgc.comCopyright 1993-2001 HPCwire. Redistribution of this article is forbidden by law without the expressed written consent of the publisher. For a free trial subscription to HPCwire, send e-mail to trial hpcwire.tgc.com.

Enlaces

URL: http://www.oekonux.de/liste/archive/msg01678.html

Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20190627201526/http://www.oekonux.de/liste/archive/msg01678.html