Computerworld Australia: IBM: LTC Core to Linux Development

"Despite being one of the world's biggest advocates of open source, IBM is not one for investing in just any development project.

"While the vendor is very supportive of Linux, it doesn't uphold the same attitude towards all open source initiatives, IBM Linux business manager Geoff Lawrence said.

"'It's very important to be selective and recognise that just because it is open source, it doesn't mean that it's something we would encourage or invest in,' he said..."

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