IBM Confirms Internal Mac (and Linux) Migration Project
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| IBM has engaged in an internal research project to evaluate Macs and Linux
| systems and compare them to the PCs they're using now for potential
| migration. Currently, its' just a pilot, research project, according to IBM.
|
| [...]
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| "A one size fits all client computing platform no longer provides IBM's
| global employees with the flexibility to innovate and be productive while
| containing I/T expenses. Many parts of the business will remain on WinXP.
| Some will migrate to Linux. There are some requirements for Mac. Our client
| offerings are successful because of our commitment to interoperability
| through open standards."
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| Despite the low key response, it's no secret that IBM has been a strong
| proponent of open source software and Linux as strategic weapons against
| Microsoft. Much as Apple and others believe that adherence to open standards
| and open source source software can benefit themselves and their customers,
| IBM looks to be thinking along the same lines for its internal operations.
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http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/04/17.11.shtml
IBM Gains After Palmisano's Forecast Defies Slowdown
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| International Business Machines Corp. rose 2.3 percent in late trading after
| saying 2008 profit will top its previous projections, signaling that the
| computer- services company will resist the U.S. economic slowdown....
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3QJt0hAdlPg&refer=news
Related:
Notebook: IBM’s Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats
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| Just for context IBM doesn’t have any specific policy on Linux desktop
| adoption and no quota or deadline to migrate more users. Walicki noted that
| IBM has a role-based PC policy. The data center folks and firmware people
| will use Linux. Your average cubicle dweller has a choice of Windows or
| Linux.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7386
IBM to offer Linux machines
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| The machines, it was announced, will come with Red Hat's Linux distro, and
| will come pre-loaded with software from IBM, including its Lotus Symphony
| suite.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29500/IBM-to-offer-Linux-machines
Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.0 in mid-2008
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| "We're doing pilots with customers now," Satyadas said. "Some of the requests
| came from big companies" with as many as 100,000 users that are interested in
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| moving to Ubuntu Linux on the desktop.
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| [...]
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| "Linux is cool now," he said. "We use it ourselves. We are able to offer a
| secure, rich and cost-effective Microsoft alternative."
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=hardware&articleId=9058900&taxonomyId=12&intsrc=kc_top
Life after Windows, Day 24
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| Not much to report of late on my experience after giving up Windows XP cold
| turkey. I’m using the IBM Open Client for Linux on Red Hat RHEL 5.1 and it
| all pretty much works. I haven’t used Windows at all for any reason in over
| three weeks, though I’ve been tempted to go back as a tourist and reminisce.
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2186
Life after Windows, Day 1
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| This last weekend I wiped the second half of the laptop hard drive and
| installed the IBM internal Open Client for Linux. It has everything I need
| for work: Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony, Lotus SameTime, and a couple of ways
| to get through the firewall. The Windows partition remains on the machine,
| for now, but I plan to live on the Red Hat Linux client as best I can (see
| below).
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http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2105
IBM fills PCs with eastern promise
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| Microsoft has long been striving for some love from Russia, by vying for
| contracts with established institutions and teaching IT in schools. But IBM’s
| move, which cheaply outsources manufacturing, is now offering the massive and
| developing Eastern market, an open source alternative.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/11/kgb-eliminates-vole
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