Star The LXer Interview: Bob Sutor of IBM
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 17th Aug 2007 06:06 UTC, submitted by sharkscott
IBM An interview with IBM's Vice President of Open Source and Standards about their Open Source Strategy, the recent pledge of its patents for more than 150 open software standards, his take on the ODF vs. XML issue, and much more in The LXer Interview of Bob Sutor.
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by KenJackson on Fri 17th Aug 2007 13:25 UTC
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Linux, along with other open source software and open standards, showed us that being flexible in our thinking and business models is lower risk than adamantly clinging to past practices that might have worked once but now aren't solely what customers really need.


You have to respect IBM. They started way back, long before the dawn of the computer, but they are a dominant force in the computer world. That speaks volumes about their flexibility.

Also, even though they failed to see the rise in dominance of the PC, and especially the rise in significance of Microsoft operating systems, they found a way to push the hardware back to significance. By supporting a smorgasborg of good OS choices, they shift the focus back to themselves. But their support for free software doesn't only help their customers--it benefits all users.

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