__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 07 March 2006 16:25 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> IBM will not use Windows Vista - but will move to Linux desktops
>>
>> http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/5436/
>>
>> ,----[ Snippet ]
>> | "IBM switching to Linux destops in Germany according to a Linux Forum
>> | 2006 presentation by their head of open source and Linux sales in
>> | Germany".
>> `----
>>
>> Semi-related:
>>
>> SGI Receives SAP Certification for Altix Line of Open-Source Linux Servers
>>
>> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060307/sftu040.html?.v=46
>
> Pretty slick.
>
> Now that they shed their PC division to Lenovo, they have no
> self-interest in a relationship with MS, so why not cut costs and also
> enhance their own Linux skills by going all penguin.
It won't happen so fast. When IBM sued Microsoft last year, Microsoft gave
them plenty of coupons to settle. Call it a lock-in?
Best wishes,
Roy
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