__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 21 April 2006 20:58 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:47:20 +0100
> <1263616.rlX87MkB93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 06 April 2006 22:37 \__
>>
>>> begin oe_protect.scr
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 04 April 2006 01:26 \__
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> | IBM continues to build on its 100 million dollar investment (EDIT:
>>>>>> | it's now 300 million) in Workplace software for Linux, which
>>>>>> | includes the 'Migration to the Penguin' initiative. Today, IBM
>>>>>> | continues to grow the Business Partner ecosystem through support of
>>>>>> | a series of new Business Partner technologies based on IBM Workplace
>>>>>> | technology and available to run on Linux to help customers realize
>>>>>> | the cost efficiencies of open source technologies.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's pretty sweet that after 2 decades of trying to write an OS, that
>>>>> they off and walked away with Linux and are now making paper with it.
>>>>
>>>> They are putting money into it, too. Everyone else benefits.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is the raison d'etre of the GPL.
>>
>> ...Which is why it's winning, too.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>> I will be back on top of things soon and will return to posting regularly.
>> *smile*
>>
>
> I sure hope that doesn't mean you're going to ... top post? :-)
No, no top posting...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-post
> In any event, welcome back to what passes for debate around here...
Thanks, Ghost.
Roy
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