IBM and Its Thoughts on Desktop Linux

Posted by Cliff on Sunday November 9, 2003 @12:34PM from the let's-not-be-wishy-washy-shall-we dept.

Knuckles writes: "According to c|net, IBM will give desktop Linux a thumbs up at the Desktop Linux Conference in Boston on Monday. Sam Docknevich of IBM's Global Services group will give a speech titled, "The Time is Now for Linux on the Desktop." It seems that IBM will not go for the multi-purpose desktop, though, but for machines performing narrowly defined functions (kiosks etc.). However, basic office workstation seem to be included in this definition, according to C|Net" And in a classic case of the right-hand not knowing what the left-hand is doing, Realistic_Dragon adds: "IBM was leading the words of Red Hat's CEO in comments to the UK government last year saying that '...open source was not ready for the desktop'.

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Ready, but.... by slavitos · 2003-11-09 12:44 · Score: 4, Informative

This is a little OT, but since they are so upbeat, I have to report that kernel used in Suse 9.0 has problems with IBM's own ThinkPads. Pressing the Fn button causes keventd() to go crazy eating up 100% CPU and the computer has to be painfully and slowly rebooted.
Open Source is Not Ready by Davak · 2003-11-09 12:45 · Score: 5, Informative

Boo on the original posting!

This has nothing to do with open source on the home user's desktop.

The article "Red Hat: Stick with Windows at home" describes why home users should stick with windows (or macs or whatever open source.)

This article is dealing with linux on the desktop when a system needs to give its users a closed, locked-down interface!

Apples meet oranges.

Davak