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The OS Community Embraces IBM

Posted by michael on from the we-don't-need-another-hero dept.

Joel Dutt writes "IBM... 'the corporation known as Big Blue has seen its reputation in the global open-source community shift from suspect sugar daddy to knight in shining armor.' Newsweek has an interesting article in its latest issue, discussing the relationship between the open-source community and the corporate giant."

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  1. Re:I swear I'm not trolling, but by DrSkwid · · Score: 1, Troll



    You can't organise 1,000,000 slave workers around Europe with pencil and paper.

    Anyway, read the book - it's interesting.

    --
    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
  2. Re:IBM... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    My favourite expansion is more appropriate for the topic at hand: Idolised By Morons

    Please remember young Slashdotters, no matter how cute IBM looks in it's sheep costume, there's still a nasty wolf with big teeth lurking underneath. Turn our backs for a moment and the Big Blue Wolf will liberate us from our throats. Make no mistake young padawan Slashdotters, complancency may well be our undoing.





    (There's a very subtle troll in this post. I wouldn't normally point it out because it is in direct violation of the Law of Troll, but I'm really proud of this one because it just sort of appeared.)