“IBM has just concluded its first internal “Linux Summit.” The
two-day event was held at the J.J. Pickle Research Center of the
University of Texas, which is located very near IBM’s north Austin
facilities. The summit was attended by approximately 250 IBMers
from around the globe, but it was closed to outsiders.”
“The summit included talks and presentations by Linux and Open
Source Program Director at IBM Daniel Frye, his boss Robert
LeBlanc, and others from around the company involved with Linux.
Jon “Maddog” Hall of Linux International was scheduled to give a
keynote address on the second day.”
“There was a Thinkpad “Installathon,” talks on Linux and DB2,
Linux performance challenges, Linux support, Linux and NetFinity,
Websphere and Linux, Domino for Linux, Java for Linux, and the
future and Linux. I’m detailing this to make sure you
understand. Linux is a very big deal at IBM.“