[sf-lug] IBM selling Linux computers

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi,

Good news --

http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=212202109

Here is the /. summary:

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/12/05/1530216.shtml

*"According to Information Week, IBM has introduced a line of business
computers that avoid Microsoft's desktop
environment<http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=212202109>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.'"*

And one tantalizing data point:

Revenue from Microsoft's Client division, which derives mostly from Vista
now that Windows XP has been formally retired, edged up just 2%, year over
year, to $4.21 billion in Microsoft's fiscal first
quarter<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/netbooks_slam_s.html>,
despite the fact that the overall PC market grew 10% to 12% during the same
period.
-- 
Christian Einfeldt,
Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
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