How to get your kids started young on Linux
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| Being the responsible parent that I am, it is essential that I raise my
| children with the ability to think for themselves and make the right
| decision. This means making sure that they are raised using Linux.
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http://www.suseblog.com/?p=287
IBM's Forecasts Strong Earnings
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| Stellar performance overseas prompted IBM Corp. to upgrade its outlook for
| 2008 despite economic uncertainty at home, raising the question of whether an
| increasingly diverse IBM still should be considered a bellwether for other
| U.S. tech companies.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080118/earns_ibm.html?.v=2
IBM Boosts 2008 Outlook; Shares Jump
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| IBM on Thursday forecast 2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations
| after results showing a strong international performance, and its shares
| jumped 5 percent.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/22712027/site/14081545?__source=yahoo|headline|quote
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Recent:
IBM Profits Rise 24% Year-on-Year in the 4th Quarter
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| "The broad scope of I.B.M.'s global business - led by strong operational
| performance in Asia, Europe and emerging countries - drove these outstanding
| results," said Samuel J. Palmisano, the company's chief executive, in an
| accompanying statement.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/read/484839_p.htm
Related:
Incubating Innovation
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| IBM's Emerging Business Organization, for example, has produced businesses
| based on innovative technologies such as Linux, generating over $2 billion in
| annual revenues. Hewlett-Packard has grown its printing business to be the
| dominant source of its profits.
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http://www.forbes.com/claytonchristensen/2007/12/21/ibm-hp-incubator-leadership-clayton-in_sw_1221claytonchristensen_inl.html
http://tinyurl.com/2v2t8l
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."
|
| [...]
|
| 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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| You would have thought that by now Ballmer would have learned his
| lesson. After all, it was Microsoft that fueled up the SCO IP rocket,
| aimed it at Linux, and then watched as SCO's anti-Linux lawsuits have
| blown up.
|
| SCO's IP claims against Linux have been proven time and again to ben
| othing more than bad jokes. Is there any reason to think that Microsoft's
| IP claims wouldn't be more of the same?
|
| Yes, there is one key difference. Microsoft, if it actually had
| anything to show, would likely be relying on patents rather than
| copyrights, against Linux. However, there's just couple of wee
| little problems with that approach.
|
| First, let's assume that Microsoft isn't filled with morons. So,
| instead of threatening to sue customers -- and we all know how wellt
| hat worked out for SCO, don't we? -- they'll have to sue a big Linux
| vendor. Let's say, they decide to pick on Red Hat.
|
| Now, as it just so happens, Red Hat isn't the only company that
| distributed RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). There's this other
| company named Oracle, which recently got into the RHEL business.
| Larry Ellison may call his version "Unbreakable Linux," but Oracle
| makes no bones about it: Unbreakable Linux is RHEL.
|
| Microsoft might think it could break Red Hat down with a long enough
| lawsuit, but Oracle? Do the boys in Redmond really want to spend the
| rest of the next decade locked in battle with Larry Ellison? I don't
| think so.
|
| 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.
|
| [...]
|
| 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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