Crystal Report Server 2008 and Linux

Hi,
Does Crystal Report Server 2008 work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server and supports 64-bit platform?
Thanks.

Hello Samer,
Supported Operating Systems
u2022 Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 4
u2022 Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 4
u2022 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
u2022 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Crystal Reports Server 2008 software is supported running on 32-bit versions of Windows running on x86 and x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel.
Crystal Reports Server 2008 software is supported running on 64-bit versions of Windows running on x64 CPUs made by AMD and Intel.
[Please see supported platforms for Linux|https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000713358&_SCENARIO=01100035870000000202]
Best regards
Falk
Edited by: Falk Liebezeit on Aug 21, 2008 1:01 PM

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