osOpinion: Vengeance:How IBM is coordinating a full frontal assault on Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 9, 1999

Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link.

“IBM is trying to change the rules on Microsoft. You can see
this in IBM’s support of the Open Source movement. This is even
hinted at in IBM’s annual report, where IBM states that technology
is no longer the source of competitive advantage.
Interesting….

“IBM then goes on to support Linux and make alliances with the
major Linux players. As if that’s not enough, IBM goes a few steps
further, trying to pull the rug out from under Microsoft by making
different kinds of software free and open sourced.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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