__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:50 \__
>> Sam Palmisano was very closely involved with this whole mess, and may
>> feel that it's "payback" time.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/06/12/killing_os_2_by_quotas/
>> <quote>
>> Sam Palmisano [svp personal systems group] emailed John Thompson [svp
>> software group] in September 1996 that "Once Windows 95 was announced,
>> retailers told us that they would no longer be ordering any OS/2
>> systems as their demand was going for Windows 95 only". What we can
>> never know with certainty is whether OS/2 would have been a success if
>> IBM had declined to license Windows 95.
>> </quote>
>>
>> Sam Palmisano was also
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126372-page,1-c,lotusnotes/article.html
>> <quote>
>> Back in late 2003, IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam
>> Palmisano challenged his company to move to a Linux-based desktop by
>> the end of 2005.
>> </quote>
>>
>> Mum's the word ;-) :-D
>>
>> For Sam, this might even be personal.
>
> You always hear that corporations only look at the bottom line, that
> emotions don't enter it. I don't believe it. I've always thought that
> there must be a lot of people at IBM that would love to see Microsoft
> get its comeuppance, and I suspect this animus has had an influence on
> IBM's policies regarding Linux. And maybe now the SCO lawsuit. I like
> IBM better all the time.
Emotions. Perspective. Strategy. All play a role in my humble opinion. Why
else would a budget of half a billion dollars be allocated to eradicate
IBM's role in industry (consulting in particular)? Cut off the middlemen is
the strategy. And why would anti-Linux FUD propaganda get personal and
viral?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
Here you talk about a bunch of wealthy executive who compete over whose yacht
is larger and whose revenue exceeds all others. A quote comes to mind:
Ballmer calling Schmitt a pussy. I had to look up the exact quote.
"Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy,
I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill
Google." ....
http://battellemedia.com/archives/001835.php
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