__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Monday 12 February 2007 19:52 \__
> Finally, we can let it be known
>
> IBM Aims To Help Linux, Apple PCs Battle Windows Machines
>
> <quote>
> IBM said Sunday it will offer an open desktop software system for
> businesses that puts the cost of managing Apple or Linux computers on
> a more equal footing with Microsoft's Windows software, improving the
> economics of Windows alternatives.
>
> The product -- which the company calls its "Open Client Offering" --
> pulls together software IBM has developed in-house and with partners
> Novell Inc. and Red Hat Inc. to answer questions over the cost-
> effectiveness of managing Linux or Apple desktop PCs alongside Windows
> PCs.
>
> [snip]
>
> "We worked with the open source community and found a way to write
> software once that will work regardless of operating system. It will
> run on Windows, Macintosh or Linux," said Scott Handy, IBM's vice
> president of Linux and open source.
>
> As an alternative to Microsoft, IBM will offer its own Open Document
> Format (ODF) software for tasks like word processing, spreadsheets or
> presentations, along with Lotus collaboration, instant messaging and
> blog tools, and the Firefox Web browser, which is the biggest rival to
> Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
> </quote>
>
>
http://www.channelweb.com/nl/execbriefing/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=197005186
Forbes had something pretty nice to say about this...
"Here's a marketing challenge: What do you do when you're trying to put a
fresh look on a 20-year-old e-mail system? Well, if you're IBM, you start
calling it "Open Client"; you hype it as being Linux-related; and you throw
in a bunch of smack-talk about helping poor, oppressed customers throw off
the yoke of Microsoft."
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