“Big Blue isn’t just courting Linux, it’s looking to get
married.”
“In forging an alliance last week with Pacific HiTech, IBM
signaled it is putting its big blue arms around Linux rather than
just making a series of baby steps toward it. And IBM’s conversion
into a leader of the Linux movement may just be starting.
“The key element of the Pacific HiTech deal: bundling IBM’s
(NYSE:IBM) powerful DB2 database system with TurboLinux, a version
of the open source code operating system that excels in connecting
host computers with Windows computers. The combination will be
available later this year…”