[wplug] Recent news: IBM's commitment to Linux

[David G Matthews]

I suppose it is cool to see more people (and very powerful ones at that)
backing Linux, but one of the main reasons I got into Linux in the first
place was its anti-corporate orientation.  And obviously I don't just
speak for myself on that one.  I'd rather seen IBM back Linux than
Windows, but Linux always seemed to be doing ok without the big companies
(IBM, Dell, Compaq - everyone seems to be jumping on the Linux bandwagon).  
Anyway, just my $0.02.
-dgm


On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, David Tessitor wrote:

> Just saw this on the Lotus website at:
> <http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/newstory1>.
> 
> It's a Feb. 2nd article about Lotus Domino, and near the end
> it says:
> 
> IBM is so sure of Linux that IBM Chairman Louis V. Gerstner
> has pledged to invest $1US billion in 2001 to advance Linux as
> an industry standard operating system for e-business.  [IBM
> President and COO Sam Palmisano] went ever further, "We have
> voted for open source, and we're [betting] IBM's future
> prosperity on Linux." He challenged the IT community by saying
> you have to vote for or against open source. "It really is
> that black and white."
> 
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