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IBM software: big, blue and boring in the 2010s
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| These was a company that - seemingly out of
| nowhere and rather contrary to its
| proprietary software business model before -
| began putting its considerable weight behind
| Linux when the open-source OS was still new
| and relatively unsupported by mainstream IT.
|
| In December 2000, IBM was promising to
| invest $1bn into Linux in that following
| year. IBM's then-chief executive Lou
| Gerstner was telling the world that he was
| "betting a big piece of IBM's future on
| Linux."
|
| The company was raising eyebrows with a (now
| quite laughable) Linux wristwatch to prove
| the OS can go anywhere. It was vandalizing
| the streets of San Francisco with the
| slogan, "peace, love, and Linux."
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/01/11/ibm_software_010/
Linux can do that
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| Ultimately, what I am seeing is proof that
| there is, indeed, plenty of places for Linux
| in the business. And not only on the server
| end. The argument that Linux is too difficult
| has washed away, and any member of the IT
| world who still believes Linux is too
| difficult, might want to return to Comp Sci
| class for a refresher course. In my current
| incarnation I have YET to come across a
| desktop operating system that was even
| remotely difficult. All desktop operating
| systems have reached a near-uniform level of
| simplicity.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1184
Recent:
Why is IBM Promoting Ubuntu at the Young Scientist Exhibition
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| A few people have been asking why IBM is
| promoting Ubuntu at the Young Scientist
| Exhibition when it is not an IBM product.
| In fact there are a number of good reasons:
|
| 1. IBM supports the concept of freedom
| and we would hate to think that students
| (or anyone) would feel locked in to
| using a particular brand of proprietary
| software just because it came with the
| PC when they bought it. Click here to
| view Bob Stutor explain in detail why
| IBM cares about software freedom.
|
| 2. Ubuntu provides an excellent quality
| stable desktop operating system for
| free, so we donât want to see people
| wasting valuable money on purchasing
| licenses for software when they donât
| have to
|
| 3. We think that Ubuntu is cool and we
| think that the students attending the
| exhibition will agree when they see for
| themselves.
|
| 4. IBM employees use Ubuntu internally
| for their work and IBM also partners
| with a Canonical and Verde to provide
| the Ubuntu based IBM Client for Smart
| Work.
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http://ibm4btyse.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/why-is-ibm-promoting-ubuntu-at-the-young-scientist-exhibition-4/
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