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Last week IBM announced that it would be [releasing a public beta of AIX 6.1][2], the next upgrade to the company's Unix-based server OS. The open beta for AIX 6 can be downloaded [directly from IBM][1].
The public beta is part of IBM's attempt to bring the open source philosophy to the OS level and, presumably, drum up a little publicity and possible developer interest in the little used AIX OS.
While the beta is free and available to anyone who accepts the license terms, IBM will not be offering support for the pre-release versions of AIX 6.1. Instead a note on the site directs users to a web forum where they can [discuss issues and possible solutions][3] with fellow users.
New features in AIX 6 include security and virtualization enhancements. Notable items listed on the IBM page include:
>* Workload Partitions -- software based, virtualization designed to reduce the number of operating system images that have to be managed when consolidating workloads.
* Role Based Access Control -- improved security and manageability by giving admins greater flexibility when granting user authorization and access controls.
* System Director Console for AIX -- new tool for accessing the System Management Interface via a browser with no web server required.
[1]: https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/ibm/aix6beta/ "AIX beta download"
[2]: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/6/beta.html
[3]: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=1123&cat=72
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