__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Friday 31 March 2006 03:09 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> IBM offers bounty for Exchange customers
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>> | IBM upped the stakes in an ongoing contest over corporate e-mail
>> | software with a program that offers business partners up to $20,000
>> | to dump Microsoft's Exchange in favor of IBM's Lotus software on
>> | Linux.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6055898.html?part=rss&tag=6055898&subj=news
>
> Haven't read the article but why should IBM want to pay to get customers to
> switch ? Aren't the cost savings pretty impressive already ?
>
> I do not like this pay the customer tactic.
Me neither, but be aware that Microsoft want to make IBM (the 'middleman')
obsolete. They have recently invested half a billion dollars in this
strategic transition. As I said several times before, IBM seem to have
grown very fond and confident about Linux and Open Source in general. This
was openly stated in a talk I attended recently where a VP made no men-
tioning at all of Windows or Microsoft. IBM have reasons to dislike Mi-
crosoft as well:
* A recent lawsuit that ended up with Microsoft paying in hundreds of mil-
lions worth of vouchers to IBM
* SCO lawsuits against IBM. These are believed to be secretly funded by
Microsoft, who apparently funnel money to SCO. IBM made a request for a
subpoena to reveal the relationship between the UNIX company and Mi-
crosoft. More latterly, we came to discovered that SCO spend about 100
times the amount they earn and yet they continue to exist and spread Linux
FUD through lawsuits. Need I mention that Microsoft bought some UNIX boxes
from SCO?
Best wishes,
Roy
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