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E-Commerce Times: Is Global Linux IBM’s Holy Grail?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 29, 2003

[ Thanks to Cooper Stevenson for this
link. ]

While the Microsoft vs. Linux debate rages in boardroom meetings
and around IT water coolers, IBM has chosen sides already.

“Although Big Blue maintains a friendly relationship with
Microsoft, its efforts in touting Linux worldwide have shown that
the company is strolling down the aisle hand-in-hand with the Linux
penguin.

“Now that the wedding has taken place, IBM is in the honeymoon
phase with Linux, taking it on stops from Wall Street to European
and Latin American financial centers. The company has much at stake
with its open-source initiatives, but it looks as if this marriage
is built to last…”

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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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