“For years IBM struggled in its attempts to establish its own
OS/2 operating systems as a competitor to Microsoft Windows. …
Now the Linux white knight has come charging over the horizon and
offers IBM a weapon with which to take on its old adversary once
more.”
“This is exactly what IBM appears to be doing. It has adopted
Linux with a passion that can be matched by any other organisation.
It is promoting Linux very positively in a way that businesses of
all sizes can not ignore and it is implementing the operating
system just about everywhere. Back in April 2000, John Patrick,
IBM’s VP of Internet Technology pointed out that Linux has the
capability to be disruptive in that it challenges the accepted
methods of building e-business solutions. It seems that IBM is keen
to ensure that this disruption is made even more substantial by
offering Linux on its full range of systems.”
“IBM’s view is that Linux offers businesses an opportunity
to break away from all forms of operating system dependence. The
aim is to establish Linux as a standard operating environment so
that the focus can shift to applications with no portability
issues. … All of this makes a certain amount of sense, but
it still too easy to see IBM’s sudden zeal for Linux as a stick
with which it intends to beat Microsoft.”
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