__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 29 July 2006 09:58 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Interview: Linux branching out, says IBM exec
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| In an interview with IDG News Service, Adam Jollans, Linux strategy
>>| manager for IBM Corp., discusses how he sees Linux adoption evolving
>>| across vertical industries and in businesses both small and large, and
>>| how IBM is adapting its own Linux strategy to mesh with those trends.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.pcwelt.de/news/englishnews/ConsumerElectronics/133386/
>
> Note the words we see to describe how Linux fits - customisation (for
> retail POS equipment), reliability for big business requirements. These
> are both areas in which Linux/OSS excels.
IBM's assistance to OSDL, as well as to GNU/Linux in
general, is tremendous. Seeing the budgets they have
allocated, I can't help but think of how much they help me
whenever I do my work. In fact, I often think of stability
and power in the context of those companies and developers
that got it there through rigour, over the many years
(OpenBSD, IBM, and maybe even Oracle).
It's a long-term investment and, as Rex once said, it's like
the bamboo which grows roots in preparation for massive
growth. No wonder Microsoft invested half a billion dollars
in the fight against IBM. Gates called IBM the "biggest
threat to Microsoft". Not Google; not Open Source. But IBM
indirectly helps both Google and the Open Source movement,
from which everyone benefits, apart from Microsoft and its
allies (even those partners and allies are marriage of
convenience to Microsoft; until it eats them like a black
widow).
Best wishes,
Roy
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