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Re: [News] IBM Lowers TCO with Linux

  • Subject: Re: [News] IBM Lowers TCO with Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:47:20 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 06 April 2006 22:37 \__

> begin  oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 04 April 2006 01:26 \__
>> 
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> 
>>>> | IBM continues to build on its 100 million dollar investment (EDIT:
>>>> | it's now 300 million) in Workplace software for Linux, which includes
>>>> | the 'Migration to the Penguin' initiative. Today, IBM continues to
>>>> | grow the Business Partner ecosystem through support of a series of new
>>>> | Business Partner technologies based on IBM Workplace technology and
>>>> | available to run on Linux to help customers realize the cost
>>>> | efficiencies of open source technologies.
>>> 
>>> It's pretty sweet that after 2 decades of trying to write an OS, that
>>> they off and walked away with Linux and are now making paper with it.
>> 
>> They are putting money into it, too. Everyone else benefits.
>> 
> 
> This is the raison d'etre of the GPL.
 
...Which is why it's winning, too.

Roy

I will be back on top of things soon and will return to posting regularly.
*smile*

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