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IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop
VorlonFog writes "According to Information Week, IBM has introduced a line of business computers that avoid Microsoft's desktop environment in favor of open source software. IBM worked with Canonical and Virtual Bridges to create the platform, which IBM claims saves businesses $500 to $800 per user on software licenses and an additional $258 per user 'since there is no need to upgrade hardware to support Vista and Office.'"
how many of your sock puppets did you use to mod yourself up, twitter? are we going to see responses from your schizophrenic zoo of alter egos gnutoo, mactrope, erris, wileyhill et al, on this thread?
Sure, IBM is doing this, but they just cut all of their contractor pay by 10%. No if ands or buts. I'm affected by it, and I'm pissed.
You must be new here, AC. We've burried twitter and his sockpuppets so far into karma hell that they never see modpoints. He only gets exposure when we want him to.
You have to ask yourself "does a single non-troll, non-insulting post invalidate all the disruption and general shittyness this guy has wreaked on Slashdot" and then go from there. Yesterday he was caught lying through his teeth, and the usual schoolyard insults and more lies when caught. He's already posted four times with three different accounts on this article (not including the above):
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1052523&cid=26004823
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1052523&cid=26005117
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1052523&cid=26004865
Then there are the years of mindless "advocacy" that bring everyone on Slashdot down by association and hurt FOSS more than anything Microsoft could do, and of course this.
Ask yourself if poor little William H. Hill deserves his mod points just because he's not shitting all over Slashdot this particular morning. In fact I'd say he is - how many accounts do you keep and how many do you use to post on a single article? Probably just one, like me, like everyone else.