On 3/26/07, Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 03 26, 07, at 11:32 AM, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > I can understand his selfish motives: Oracle is > helping > make Linux better because Oracle's customers use > Linux. > It actually makes sense to me. But why is IBM helping > make Linux better? > > P~Manalastas > *** they make billions through their global services, which is basically their linux/open source consulting division. middleware is a big deal to them and linux is a big part of that playbook.
According to one of my colleagues who spent 10 years at IBM, IBM has been burned so many times in the OS business (OS/2, AS/400, etc..) but they still need an OS they can "control." So this time they're leveraging Linux. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
