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IBM and Its Thoughts on Desktop Linux

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. I've seen... by dpilot · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die."

    wrt Win-kiosks, especially that last.

    (I should probably attribute the quote, just to make sure it remains fair-use. Blade Runner, as if anyone needed telling that.)

    --
    The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
  2. Conference in town! oh... by sirReal.83. · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is so sad. I've been waiting for a Linux conference to come to Boston for a while now. The Cnet article says this conference is being held in Boston, but in reality it's 40 minutes North. I don't have a car, but I would be willing to work something out. It's being held by the Desktop Linux Consortium, who claim to be a nonprofit outfit.

    Why, then, does it cost $250 to register? Is it just to keep students like me from coming? Having a boring job that has nothing to do with OSS, I can't get my company to pay for it, and I certainly don't have that kind of money to toss into the wallets of the people that should be hiring me :)

    oh well, I guess I'll just keep my eyes out for the next one... :P