Virtualization: IBM Sticks Novell in the Corner
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| So Novell - which got into Linux on IBM's nickel - has wandered off the
| reservation and is now hugging Microsoft, IBM's heredity enemy, around the
| knees seeking market redemption.
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| So now IBM, which brought Novell into the mix so Red Hat wouldn't
| turn into another Microsoft, has cut a deal with Red Hat "to
| encourage the dramatic growth of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM
| System z mainframes" - according to the lead sentence in the
| Wednesday press release.
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| Makes one think the Armonk carrier pigeon just pooped on Novell's new hat.
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http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/374798_p.htm
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Questions on IBM's Business Model
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| My question does not appear to have been raised (caveat: I have not
| read all 1039). What is the connection between IBM's FOSS-oriented
| business strategy and its current concern over its competitive postion?
| IBM's strategy has been to promote FOSS, especially Apache and Linux,
| and then make money from selling (1) proprietary applications to
| connect to them; (2) hardware on which both the operating system
| and aps run; (3) integration services, using a very broad-based
| concept that equates IT processes with overall business processes.
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http://weblog.ipcentral.info/archives/2007/05/questions_on_ib.html
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