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IBM's Answer To Windows 7 Is Ubuntu Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the riding-the-pr-coattails dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like IBM isn't much of a friend of Microsoft's anymore. Today IBM announced an extension of its Microsoft-Free PC effort together with Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This is the same thing that was announced a few weeks back for Africa (a program that began a year ago), and now it's available in the US. The big push is that IBM claims it will cost up to $2,000 for a business to move to Windows 7. They argue that moving to Linux is cheaper."

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  1. Irrelevant by DogDude · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blah blah blah Linux is the best blah blah blah. Broad statements like this press release are absolutely irrelevant to those of us for whom *nix isn't even an option. In my case, there's no low to mid range POS software that runs on *nix. *nix isn't even a consideration for me and my business. End of story.

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    I don't respond to AC's.
    1. Re:Irrelevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      LOL. Mods with epic fail. Linux fanbois came in here and saw "linux blah blah" and then "POS" and immediately their "OMG He's HATING ON LINUX" gene kicked in and they all cried into their pillows. Yet, you really weren't flaming or bashing. I love Linux fanbois on this site. They get riled up faster than anything. It all has to do with their insecurity about maybe having chosen a stupid OS with no future. That, and not getting any sex.

  2. Re:Fuck Obama. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, he is referred to as the Leader of the Free World because he is. Given the fact that the world is, currently, the only known habited planet in the universe, then you could thus inver that he is the leader of the universe.

    And also, despite my comical muse, you are incredibly ignorant. You should research the many shades of gray in between your simple black and white (as in issues, not his skin color) viewpoint of his policies.

    I hope one day you are jobless at 40 (as you probably currently are at 15) unable to get medical insurance, or use medicare and require chemotherapy or extremely expensive surgery. This moment is the only shot we are going to get to guarantee healthcare for Americans for a very LONG time. I personally do not mind paying 1 or 2 thousand dollars a year out of the 120-130 thousand that I earn each year if it means everyone will have healthcare. Well, everyone except retards like you.

  3. absolute acaiberry by stuartfile · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Window 7 now become big thing .IBM getting involve in this matter . Result will come out is nothing absolute acaiberry