TechWeb: Palmisano Touts Linux For The Real World

"Linux is not only ready for the enterprise, it's already there, according to IBM Corp. president and COO Sam Palmisano."

"Linux is real and Linux is ready for real business," Palmisano told attendees in a keynote speech kicking off LinuxWorld here."

"Citing such real-world Linux customers as Weather.com, Shell Oil, and National Center For Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Palmisano said people who doubt that the operating system can scale to the biggest of applications are just wrong."

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