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How IBM (and Open Source) Won eBay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the battle-of-good-v-evil dept.

DemonBrew wrote to us with a new article in Business2 how IBM beat MSFT, Sun, BEA Systems to win the contract for the new eBay. Cool part is that it's based on Websphere, which has major open source components.

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  1. hello by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post for ibm

  2. Re:Important Note: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Re:Open Standard and Java by pohl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for the love of pete mod that post Insightful.

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  5. Deep Thoughts... by mosdef · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does IBM's move to Java pose a threat to Windows? Tell us.

  6. Re:Slashdot celebrates IBM winning a project? by vkg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yo! Moderators! This is NOT flamebait. It may be controversial, but why is /. covering this as if it mattered?.

    Remod!

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  7. Re:great news for online shoppers by CmdrTaco+(troll) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  8. Re:I've Said It Before... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's even funnier about that is that you messed up your own joke.

  9. Re:Open Standard and Java by dimator · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  10. Re:what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is proper english. Read a book by a good author, dolt.

  11. Re:Slashdot celebrates IBM winning a project? by zsmooth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  12. Re:great news for online shoppers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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