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IBM Germany Leaving Vista for Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-just-seems-strange dept.

UltimaGuy writes "During a presentation on IBM's involvement with Open Source, Andreas Pleschek from IBM in Stuttgart, Germany, who heads open source and Linux technical sales across North East Europe for IBM made a very interesting statement..."Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has cancelled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM Workplace on their new, Red Hat-based platform. Not all at once - some will keep using their present Windows versions for a while. But none will upgrade to Vista." "

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  1. Vista? by Zebadias · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I have to upgrade from win2k it will not be Vista. I will just have to find another way of playing games!

    1. Re:Vista? by rufty_tufty · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah! windows sucks! Microsoft sucks!

      Go for the xbox instead...

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  2. Somewhere in Redmond... by One+Louder · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...the chairs start flying.

    Won't somebody at IBM please think of the chairs?

  3. Re:Redhat? by LehiNephi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure they have good reasons for choosing RedHat. Better support, maybe, or lower price, or perhaps they have a business arrangement with them.

    Geez, you guys remind me of the techs at userfriendly.

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  4. See, now, you missed the point by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

    Point is, Ballmer needs some exercise.

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  5. Re:news denied by node+3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I checked the site, but it was in German.

    Laut Berichten über das LinuxForum in Dänemark ...

    It appears that Laut Berichten announced at LinuxForum in Denmark that they are switching to Super DOS.

    I hope that clears things up.

  6. Cancelled MS contracts? by pfaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I sense that this will spawn the mother of all BSA audits?

  7. What does this remind me of? by Spectra72 · · Score: 3, Funny
    IBM: This is my way of sticking it to The Man.

    RandomFlunky: But, you are The Man, sir. So wouldn't you be sticking it to yourself?

    IBM: Perhaps.


    Too bad the better OS is owned by one of their competitors (and partners), otherwise I'd give them 1 year before they switched to Solaris (much like Oracle did after flirting with linux).
  8. Re: Grow up by mnemonic_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    The AC flamewars always seem to have the most wit.

  9. IBM Germany Leaving Vista for Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That bitch!