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Where Will IBM Drop Windows?
TurboProp writes "An article by the Associated Press on Friday (1/09/2004) Says that IBM has plans to abandon Microsoft operating systems on it's internal desktops by the end of 2005. The news originated from an internal IBM memo published by the Inquirer, a British technology news site. Further stories from the Inquirer, indicate that IBM May already have begun dumping windows. While this all bodes well for Linux users, and would seem to be a good PR move for IBM, executives at IBM seem to be trying frantically to put a much milder spin on the story. They say that the memo was taken out of context. I really can't imagine why they wouldn't be posting it on billboards."
"Then you, sir, are truly, truly out of touch with the outside world..."
Indeed. The vast majority of PC users in this day and age just want a working product, reguardless of MicroSoft's business practices. I guess too many geeks are still living for the Commodore 64 days when home ownership of a PC ment you were a geek. Today most PC owners want IM, MP3s and p0rn.
Even as 'cool' as computers are today people like the Linux community and over clockers and still reguarded as nerds and that's not soon to change.
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