Open Irony: Microsoft Creates/Sponsors OpenMainframe.org to Attack GNU/Linux

Written By
RS
Roy Schestowitz
Mar 19, 2010

[ Thanks to Roy
Schestowitz
for this link. ]

“A FEW days ago we wrote about Microsoft ‘pulling
a SCO’ in India. IBM is not dumb enough to keep quiet and it
currently blasts Microsoft for its ‘proxy attack’
(Microsoft does the same thing against Google in Europe, by its own
admission).

““IBM Says Rivals Behind Anti-IBM Report in India,”
summarises IDG:

“IBM has slammed a report critical of the adoption of its
mainframes in India, saying the report was driven by IBM
competitors and has no credibility.

“The report was sponsored by OpenMainframe.org, an online forum
for news and information related to creating an open market for
IBM-compatible mainframe technologies.”

Complete
Story

RS

Roy Schestowitz

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