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ARNnet: IBM a Reluctant User of Wine Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 9, 2005

“IBM’s effort to promote Linux as a viable alternative on the
company’s 350,000 corporate desktops took a step forward last
month, when the company’s IT organization began supporting the
open-source Firefox browser. However, while the move to support a
browser that runs on Linux may provide a boost for both Firefox and
IBM’s internal Linux effort, Big Blue hasn’t been nearly so eager
to promote a lesser-known piece of software, called Wine, that it
has used to advance Linux on the desktop…”

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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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