IBM's Blue Cloud: The Tipping Point for Enterprise IT as Service
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| IBM's Blue Cloud, arriving in the first half of 2008, will use IBM
| BladeCenter servers, a Linux operating system, Xen-based virtualization and
| the company's own Tivoli management software.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/54406-ibm-s-blue-cloud-the-tipping-point-for-enterprise-it-as-service?source=yahoo
IBM to turn datacenters into 'computing cloud'
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| IBM is calling the initiative Blue Cloud, and compared its significance to
| its decision several years ago to throw its weight behind Linux, which helped
| the open-source OS become more widely accepted by corporations.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071115/tc_infoworld/93434
IBM in big push to build data centers for clients
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| Bill Zeitler, the executive in charge of IBM's hardware business, said the
| initiative to set up customers with the technology, software and services to
| operate data centers could rank in significance with IBM's support for Linux
| in recent years or its push to get businesses on the Internet the 1990s.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071115/bs_nm/ibm_cloud_dc
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Inna Kuznetsova, Global Executive for Linux, IBM
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| Sitting at the helm of IBM's strategy pulpit on Linux is Inna Kuznetsova, who
| recently took over the role from long-time IBM Linux executive Scott Handy.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3699706
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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."
|
| [...]
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| 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.
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| 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.
|
| [...]
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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
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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| So, from where I sit, if Microsoft really wants to try to slug it out with
| Linux in the courts, it will first have to deal with other industry
| heavyweights. It will also have to deal with all the negative PR that will
| result from taking on a much smaller company. And, after all that,
| Microsoft will still have the problem that trying to hit Linux on patents
| will be like trying to give the north wind a good punch in the jaw -- it
| simply can't be done.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7228555922.html
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