After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Linux a lovely little earner for IBM
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> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/9C85E113E60B16B4CC25712D0010E126?OpenDocument
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> | IBM?s business built around Linux was worth US$16 billion
> | last year and is projected to be worth more than US$50 billion,
> | says the company?s global head of public sector Linux sales,
> | Mary Ann Fisher.
And:
She is emphatic about IBMs commitment to Linux in particular
and open source generally. 'We have 15,000 engineers dedicated
to Linux, and 10,000 services people. There are 30,000 staff running
a Linux pilot on the desktop.'
--
Q: Why does a GNU/Linux user compile his kernel?
A: Because he can.
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