IBM profit rises 47%; sales up 5% to $22.6 billion
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| International Business Machines Corp. reported late Thursday
| that third-quarter profit rose 47% from a year ago, when it
| had a significant tax-related charge, as the technology
| giant's sales rose slightly on gains in its key global
| services division.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B6782D684%2D7987%2D4A42%2D9BB8%2DC68712261DA5%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/ygajqo
Also see the relationship to Linux:
Is IBM open source's little friend?
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| ...That is because one of the big post-Linuxworld features
| all about IBM, and how IBM is going to use open
| source to beat big, bad Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| The story, from Motley Fool, says IBM is going to get
| Linux running faster on its proprietary chips, go after
| smaller customers using the cost benefits of open source,
| and push an "open health care framework" to
| push computers into smaller medical offices.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=758
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