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PC Magazine: IBM’s Blue Linux on the Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2004

“Although nobody has been able to smuggle out a single
screenshot of the top-secret IBM Linux desktop OS–often referred
to as Blue Linux–I have friends who have seen it. I am assured
that it not only exists, but is being used by large numbers of
IBMers. ‘They are going through a process of eating their own dog
food right now,’ I was told.

“The bad news is that the company may sit on the OS for up to
two years before actually releasing it. I saw a gossip item about
this, and an IBM insider confirmed the self-imposed delay to me.
Can IBM be pushed onto a faster track with this product? Someone
had better do that…”

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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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