IBM Offers Collaboration Support for Ubuntu
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| IBM today announced that it will offer an integrated Open Collaboration
| Client Solution with support for Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system from
| Canonical Ltd. that is especially popular for desktops, laptops and thin
| clients.
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http://www.ebizq.net/news/8847.html?rss
BM Accelerates Desktop Customer Choice With Support for Ubuntu, Red Hat and
Novell Software
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0350885.htm
There is a PR for Lotus on Red Hat, SUSE.
Out of one, many
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| There are two basic paths but many steps to making the most of server
| virtualization.
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| IBM customers running System i and System p, formerly iSeries and pSeries,
| have been able to use the company’s Type 1 hypervisor technology to run
| multiple operating systems — such as i5/OS, AIX and Linux — concurrently for
| some time now.
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http://www.gcn.com/print/27_2/45687-1.html
6.5% of the people at IBM use Linux on the desktop. In a company like Google
the figure will be higher.
Related:
Notebook: IBM’s Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats
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| Just for context IBM doesn’t have any specific policy on Linux desktop
| adoption and no quota or deadline to migrate more users. Walicki noted that
| IBM has a role-based PC policy. The data center folks and firmware people
| will use Linux. Your average cubicle dweller has a choice of Windows or
| Linux.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7386
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