Linked by David Adams on Wed 6th Aug 2008 15:32 UTC
After 10 years of supporting Linux, IBM continues to challenge Microsoft on multiple fronts and aims to push Linux even further into the enterprise. While IBM has competed and partnered with Microsoft over the last two decades, the Microsoft-free PC effort is perhaps its most direct assault yet. "The idea of Microsoft-free personal computing has been in the air for a while," Inna Kuznetsova, director of Linux at IBM, told InternetNews.com. "We're just partnering with Linux distribution vendors and hardware vendors to make it happen."
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2007-09-06
Ubuntu and it's forks are but one branch providing ease of use to new users. That is definately Connonical's marketing pitch but I've seen many users prefer PCLinuxOS or Mandriva over Ubuntu derivatives. This week, it seems to be Mandriva getting the publicity; last week was PCLinuxOS.