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GUILinux: Editorial on IBM Linux
Feb 7, 2004, 05 :30 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (11440 reads)

(Other stories by Katherine Keller)

[ Thanks to Garret for this link. ]

"In a recent article over at PCMag.com John Dvorak said: 'Although nobody has been able to smuggle out a single screenshot of the top-secret IBM Linux desktop OS--often referred to as Blue Linux--I have friends who have seen it. I am assured that it not only exists, but is being used by large numbers of IBMers. 'They are going through a process of eating their own dog food right now,' I was told.'

"and

"'IBM has tried everything to get Microsoft off the desktop. It tried OS/2, and was outflanked by Microsoft.'

"Dvorak also thinks that IBM is making a mistake by waiting 2 years to release their Linux .

"Personally, I think his editorial missed a few very important points, and didn't elaborate enough on others..."

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Related Stories:
PC World: The View From LinuxWorld Expo(Feb 07, 2004)
Editor's Note: Moving Towards a Clearer Desktop Goal(Jan 30, 2004)
PC Magazine: IBM's Blue Linux on the Desktop(Jan 29, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Absolutely right about what IBM could do ...   IBM could *easily* fill the vacuum   
Terrence W. Zellers
Feb 7, 2004, 08:08:30
 
IBM lost out to Microsoft in a big way t ...   The key point   
SM
Feb 7, 2004, 12:27:19
 
How can anyone believe that IBM is serio ...   Lotus Notes   
Richard Foersom
Feb 7, 2004, 17:27:16
 
The point of Dvorak's article was no ...   IBM's Problem   
Richard Steven Hack
Feb 7, 2004, 18:50:18
 
As the MS-DOS and OS/2 debacles have so  ...   the problem with IBM   
John Thompson
Feb 7, 2004, 20:09:29
 
"With OS2, IBM was trying to create a ne ...   Missed Facts Yourself   
Brutus
Feb 7, 2004, 21:00:44
 
Linux has a user base. Not a huge one, b ...   Questionable math   
Stefan Kroll
Feb 7, 2004, 21:11:08
 
Basically article says: "if IBM will add ...   The UNIX way ?   
khim
Feb 8, 2004, 00:21:10
 
Microsoft felt the heat and told IBM to  ...   Re: Missed Facts Yourself   
Jim Scarlett
Feb 8, 2004, 05:10:38
 
> This is the most absurd revisionism I  ...   Re: Re: Missed Facts Yourself   
Brutus
Feb 9, 2004, 05:28:06
 
> Further, since IBM did NOT own, contro ...   Re: Re: Re: Missed Facts Yourself   
Jim Scarlett
Feb 9, 2004, 23:55:59
 
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