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Red Hat, IBM Partner to Certify Apps for Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the agreed-upon-standards dept.

robyannetta writes "British tech site Microscope has an interesting article talking about how Red Hat and IBM will join forces to help software suppliers certify their applications for Linux. The program is designed to make it easier for suppliers to migrate their software to Linux, and will also give IBM and Red Hat a boost by enlarging the pool of applications certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with IBM hardware and middleware. Yet another example of creative business foresight that keeps both Red Hat and IBM in the black."

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  1. Re:Less than? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Micron Technology (located in Boise, ID on Federal Way) has a history of abusing its contractors, despite efforts by a minority of its employees to do otherwise.

    1. Not long ago in a clearly marked area an Underfloor Crew was about to clean under a machine that was working with hazardous chemicals. One Micron employee had nothing better to do with his time than to ask the Underfloor Crew why they were putting on Tyvek suits (in an unpleasant manner). The suprivisor replied as to what the crew was doing, and this certain employee said that there were no hazardous chemicals running through any of the machines in the room. This person could only have been A> misleading the Underfloor Crew into direct harm, B> speaking such words in order to harass the Underfloor Crew, or C> making a direct attack on all of the Crew's content of character and (subsequently) employment status.

    2. Most people in the fab look at people in orange hoods (contractors) like they're pieces of shit.

    3. Equipment that contractors use is always getting stolen.

    4. Security always harasses contractors about badge problems but almost never harasses MTI employees about the same problems.

    5. Micron employees are much more likely to make a sexually unpleasant move or joke towards female contractors.

    To the heads at Micron Technology -- GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! Descriminatory action will not be tolerated much longer. Your warning time is much shorter now, and you do not want to wait for it. We hope you make the correct decision for a bright and productive future.

    If anyone who reads this is concerned with human rights, cut and paste this notice to every place that people will see. It is the author's intention for this notice to be seen by someone in Micron Technology who can do something about this.