“…Wladawsky-Berger has been told by Gerstner that Linux is
key to the future of IBM and Wladawsky-Berger couldn’t be
happier. He just happens to be one its strongest
advocates.”
“ITD: Can you tell us how important you believe Linux is
to the future of computing
WB: Linux is something different altogether. It is far
more than just another operating system. … It has a huge
community of people with a burning passion for it to succeed and
that is driving it increasingly towards becoming the application
environment standard. …”
“TD: How far off is this open application environment
nirvana?
WB: … I think that Linux is currently comparable to the
way the Internet was in 1994…”
“ITD: So when will Linux enter the AIX space?
WB: I don’t expect that to happen for a few years yet, but
it is certainly on the horizon. …”
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