IBM donates new privacy tool to open-source
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| IBM has developed software designed to let people keep personal
| information secret when doing business online and donated it to
| the Higgins open-source project.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6153625.html
Related:
Liberty Alliance, Microsoft discuss identity protocols
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| "We have finally put down the boxing gloves and are trying to figure
| out how to solve our customers' problems," said Roger Sullivan, the
| newly elected president of the Liberty Alliance and vice president
| of Oracle's identity management section.
|
| The Liberty Alliance, whose participants include HP, Sun and IBM,
| backs the ID-Web Services Framework (ID-WSF), a set of protocols
| for Web services. Microsoft supports another set, WS-Star.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/011007-liberty-alliance-microsoft-discuss-identity.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
IBM renews Microsoft rivalry with new Web Software
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| IBM's Lotus unit will introduce on Monday a set of social networking
| services that functions like a MySpace for office workers and which
| analysts say marks a renewed challenge to Microsoft Corp.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070122:MTFH71974_2007-01-22_05-00-15_N21365125&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/3yaabd
IBM project aims to help blind use ODF applications
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| APIs will faciliate visuals to be interpreted by screen readers
| that reproduce information verbally
|
| [...]
|
| The technology is based on interfaces IBM originally developed with
| Sun Microsystems Inc. to make programs on Java and Linux platforms
| accessible to the blind.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/13/HNibmblindodf_1.html
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: IBM
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| Similarly, by tapping into the open-source movement, harnessing the
| power of its new software acquisitions, and understanding the
| immense potential of everything from SoulPad and the Smart
| Surveillance System to its supercomputers, IBM consultants
| are poised to provide their clients the tools and information
| they will need to stay competitive.
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http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06111416.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/ydo29n
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| "We've moved past the ideology," said Sutor, in Salt Lake City
| Thursday to attend graduation ceremonies at Neumont University."
| Many people have figured out that there are a number of ways tom
| ake money from the 'open source' model."
|
| [...]
|
| The litigation has been characterized as part of a proxy war being
| waged by Microsoft against Linux, seen as a prime challenger to
| Windows. Microsoft has been a prime funding source for SCO, but
| earlier this month stunned open-sourcers by announcing a development
| pact for Novell's Suse-brand of Linux.
|
| IBM is watching the apparent about-face with interest - and
| skepticism. "I don't see [Microsoft] doing very much yet for open
| source that isn't at arm's length," Sutor said. "Possibly this is
| a way of perpetrating previous [anti-Linux] strategy while
| superficially looking better."
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http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4679245?source=rss
Is IBM open source's little friend?
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| ...That is because one of the big post-Linuxworld features is all about
| IBM, and how IBM is going to use open source to beat big, bad Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| 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
Ballmer rattles intellectual property saber at Linux
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| Besides, does Microsoft think IBM will stay on the litigation sidelines,
| if it decides to play the patent card? IBM makes a lot of its billions
| from Linux, and I can't see Big Blue paying Microsoft off to continue
| using its favorite operating system.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7228555922.html
IBM: You Don't Need a Computer to See Its Growth Potential -- Barron's
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| Palmisano: "We have a top share in servers and Linux, No. 1 in blade
| servers, which is a huge growth area... No. 1 in supercomputing, No. 1
| in SOA... We're No. 1 in middleware... IBM is a stronger company today
| than it was four years ago, with stronger margins, solid cash and
| earnings." Barron's: You don't need a computer to know what that
| trend could do for IBM's shares.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061203/21632_id.html?.v=1
IBM's Power Architecture Attracting More Linux Developers
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| IBM makes less revenue on servers sold with Linux, compared to
| those that ship with one if its commercial operating systems --
| such as AIX or OS 400 -- but that's offset by the company's
| growing Linux support practice. Linux compatibility also makes
| the company's servers accessible to a wider variety of users,
| such as educational institutions on limited budgets. "We
| benefit from the wider ecosystem that Linux is a part of,"
| says Jollans.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061202/tc_cmp/196601027
IBM Achieves Major "Linux on POWER" Milestone
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| The number of tested, native applications available for the Linux on
| POWER platform has grown more than 200 percent in the last two years,
| marking it as a fast-developing new IT ecosystem.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/061201/0190250.html
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List of candidate Microsoft astroturfers (directly or indirectly paid by
Microsoft to post in this newsgroup):
flatfish+++
Damian O'Leary (AKA Hadron Quark)
Erik Funkenbusch
Larry Qualig (former Microsoft employee)
Scott Nudds (AKA Vistaking)
Nedd Ludd
Tim Smith
OK
DFS
Terry
Ana Thema
Take everything posted by the individuals above with a barrel of salt.
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