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ZDNet UK: IBM: ‘Inertia’ Holding Back Government Desktop Linux Adoption

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 18, 2004

“Senior IBM executives have signalled that a few key government
departments moving to Linux on the desktop will have a domino-like
effect on the rest of the public sector.

“Speaking at an IBM round-table event in London on Thursday,
IBM’s public sector business development executive Jeremy Wray said
that the single biggest factor holding back government departments
from migrating to the Linux desktop was inertia. ‘At the moment
public sector departments lack a compelling reason to act,’ he
said…”


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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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