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>IBM's comments to the Linux community of developers carry a >lot of weight, given the huge investment and contribution >the tech company has made to the O
by jauco 18y ago
>IBM's comments to the Linux community of developers carry a
>lot of weight, given the huge investment and contribution
>the tech company has made to the OS. IBM threw its weight
>behind Linux in December 2000, when it promised to spend $1
>billion on development of the OS the following year.
- gaius 18y agoHe wasn't speaking to IBM employees, was he? Much of that billion was spent on persuading IBM Global Services customers that they needed a whole lot of new global services to switch to a different OS for running their same apps.