“EDS, the giant computer services company, apparently doesn’t
like Linux much right now. EDS vice president of Global Alliances
Robb Rasmussen recently told ZDNet Australia, ‘From a corporate
perspective, we are not confident where Linux is right now today. A
large enterprise needs to be sure because it relates to securifying
[sic] the environment. We see some of the same things occurring
that did to Unix–it could splinter into many different types of
languages. We are quite cautious about Linux and its deployment.’
Uh huh. But companies that issue anti-Linux statements like this
often end up embracing Linux before long. That’s why I want to
extend a welcoming hand to EDS instead of getting upset over that
egregious statement…”
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