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IBM tries to woo business customers from Windows 7
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| On the eve of Microsoft's launch of Windows
| 7, the gloves are off in the fight for
| business customers. IBM today unveiled an
| all-out campaign to persuade U.S. companies,
| governments and organizations to finally
| break their Windows habit and make the
| switch to Linux.
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http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/10/ibm-tries-to-woo-business-customers-from-windows-7.html
IBM, Canonical Switch Up Their Smart Work Game
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| Last month during LinuxCon, IBM and
| Canonical announced their Client for Smart
| Work initiative: a client package that runs
| Ubuntu and uses Eclipse and Lotus products
| to provide users with a solid client with
| the capability to connect to cloud-based
| services. The Smart Work client will run on
| netbooks, thin-clients, and smartphones.
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http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/168-brian-proffitt/150566-ibm-canonical-switch-up-their-smart-work-game
Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
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| Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced
| availability of a cloud and Linux-based
| business desktop alternative for existing
| PCs or low cost netbooks.
|
| The IBM Client for Smart Work package ,
| which was first introduced in Africa last
| month, runs Canonicalâs Ubuntu and IBMâs
| Lotus Symphony office suite, Lotus Notes e-
| mail or LotusLive iNotes for cloud based
| email and other social networking tools. It
| can be hosted on site or in a cloud based
| model.
|
| Canonical, Red Hat, CSS Corp, Compariv,
| Midas Networks, Virtual Bridges and ZSL are
| among the selling the package.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5073&tag=col1;post-5073
Recent:
IBM and Ubuntu roll Linux for U.S desktops vs Windows 7
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| A few weeks, back IBM and Canonical (the
| lead sponsor of Ubuntu Linux) announced a
| plan to deliver Linux desktops and software
| to Africa. At the time, I questioned why
| the offer wasn't being made available in
| the U.S.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/10/ibm-and-ubuntu-roll-linux-for.html
IBM's Windows 7 rival: Linux
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| For businesses, IBM is pitching the âIBM
| Client for Smart Workâ as a less-costly
| alternative to a Windows 7 upgrade,
| particularly for companies that skipped
| Windows Vista and would be making the
| upgrade from Windows XP. IBM cites market
| research estimating the cost of migrating
| to Windows 7 as high as $2,000 per user, if
| new hardware is required as part of the
| shift.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/ibm_offers_linux-based_alternative_to_windows_7.html?ana=from_rss
IBM and Canonical Launch Linux- and Cloud-based Desktop Software in the U.S.
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| The IBM Client for Smart Work
| (http://www.ibm.com/lotus/openclient),
| based on IBM productivity and collaboration
| software, helps organizations save up to 50
| percent per seat on software costs versus a
| Microsoft-based desktop, in addition to
| avoiding requisite hardware upgrades. The
| package allows companies to use their
| existing PCs, lower-cost netbooks and thin
| clients.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS195115+20-Oct-2009+PRN20091020
IBM & Canonical to launch Ubuntu desktop for business
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| While this far from an attempt to offer a
| universal Linux desktop replacement for
| Windows, it is a concerted effort to offer
| business users an affordable Windows
| replacement. With Windows 7 Professional
| Upgrade listing for $199 for Vista users,
| and XP users facing a situation where
| buying a new PC is probably their best
| 'upgrade' choice, the Ubuntu-powered IBM
| Client for Smart Work may well find some
| customers.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/14953/ibm_canonical_to_launch_ubuntu_desktop_for_business
IBM and Canonical Launch Linux- and Cloud-based Desktop Software
http://www.ebizq.net/news/11819.html
IBM markets Linux to Africa. Why not the U.S?
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| Personally I think both IBM and Canonical are moving far
| too slow and aren't thinking big enough. While I
| understand that it can take time to develop marketing and
| support services, the partners have had more than a year
| to put this together.
|
| While I understand that Africa might be an easier entry
| point for the Linux notebook, the global recession is
| affecting every nation. The need for low cost, standards
| based solutions that IBM and Ubuntu are proposing for
| Africa is needed in every corner of the world.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/09/ibm-markets-linux-netbook-for.html
IBM, Canonical and Partners Launch Cloud- and Linux-based Netbook Software in Africa
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/28457.wss
Bob Sutor - Here are your "Dead Ends"
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| Wake up man...Desktop Linux IS important and viable...you
| just can't make any money from it. So a rag-tag bunch of
| people who care do the work, at least part of it, that you
| should be doing. In my opinion anyway.
|
| Hey! I have an idea! Why don't you guys take some of that
| profit (fully tax deductable of course) and help me get
| these 500 + computers connected to the Internet so those
| kids can compete and grow.
|
| Oh never mind...I forgot who I was talking to for a
| second...
|
| Silly me.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/09/bob-sutor-here-are-your-dead-ends.html
IBM and Canonical partner on software package for Africa
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| The Wall Street Journal broke the story this morning of a
| partnership between IBM and Canonical to provide a software
| package for users of netbooks and other thin clients in
| Africa. The package, which can be configured in several ways
| to provide both netbook-based and cloud-based software, is
| expected to drive new business for local partners by taking
| advantage of open standards, file sharing, email, and social
| network capabilities.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=4288
IBM Markets Wares to Africa
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| International Business Machines Corp. will try to sell a new
| package of low-priced computer desktop applications to
| companies and governments in Africa, challenging Microsoft
| Corp. and other rivals in the region.
|
| IBM, which has been pushing into developing markets like
| Africa and Asia as mature markets slow, said the package --
| which includes basic programs like word processing and email
| -- would be made available to customers via remote "cloud
| computing" facilities, meaning users could access the programs
| from the Web. It would cost $10 per month per user, and can
| run on so-called netbook computers, or low-cost PCs priced
| around $300.
|
| IBM is working in collaboration with London-based Canonical
| Ltd., which makes Linux software and was started in South
| Africa.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125367155287932855.html
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