Microsoft's biggest rival, according to Gates...
S&P Ups IBM to Strong Buy
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| Over the next 12 months, we believe IBM should benefit from its leading
market share position in several IT categories. Moreover, we think the
company's continuing focus on the software arena is likely to further aid
margin expansion.
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http://yahoo.businessweek.com/investor/content/nov2006/pi20061107_832583.htm
Related and recent:
IBM profit rises 47%; sales up 5% to $22.6 billion
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| International Business Machines Corp. reported late Thursday
| that third-quarter profit rose 47% from a year ago, when it
| had a significant tax-related charge, as the technology
| giant's sales rose slightly on gains in its key global
| services division.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B6782D684%2D7987%2D4A42%2D9BB8%2DC68712261DA5%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
Is IBM open source's little friend?
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| ...That is because one of the big post-Linuxworld features
| all about IBM, and how IBM is going to use open
| source to beat big, bad Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| The story, from Motley Fool, says IBM is going to get
| Linux running faster on its proprietary chips, go after
| smaller customers using the cost benefits of open source,
| and push an "open health care framework" to
| push computers into smaller medical offices.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=758
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