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“The key benefit of open technologies such as open source software is
freedom of choice."


Have A Nice Cup of Tea

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1/ Migration to Linux only costs money once. Higher Windows TCO is forever.
2/ "Shared source" is a poison pill. Open Source is freedom.
3/ Only the Windows boxes get the worms.

"Have A Nice Cup of Tea" <> wrote in message
news...
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3625/53/
>
> "The key benefit of open technologies such as open source software is
> freedom of choice."
>
>
> Have A Nice Cup of Tea
>
> --
> 1/ Migration to Linux only costs money once. Higher Windows TCO is
> forever.
> 2/ "Shared source" is a poison pill. Open Source is freedom.
> 3/ Only the Windows boxes get the worms.
>

From the same company who launched the campaign to escape from Unix a few
years ago:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2...ft-server.htmz

Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They don't
have to believe it.

Dyring the early 90s Unisys was a large provider of Unix (series U) and saw
the market declining. They then decided to invest hard on their mainframes
with dual OS (MCP and Windows Server Datacentre). Then they launched this
campaign against Unix. Now they join the open source software, but just
because it's good for their market.

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Mauricio Freitas
www.geekzone.co.nz, www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm,
www.geekzone.co.nz/geekzoneblog.asp
Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices

"Mauricio Freitas [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:441d096c$...
> "Have A Nice Cup of Tea" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3625/53/
>>
>> "The key benefit of open technologies such as open source software is
>> freedom of choice."
>>
>>
>> Have A Nice Cup of Tea
>>
>> --
>> 1/ Migration to Linux only costs money once. Higher Windows TCO is
>> forever.
>> 2/ "Shared source" is a poison pill. Open Source is freedom.
>> 3/ Only the Windows boxes get the worms.
>>
>
> From the same company who launched the campaign to escape from Unix a few
> years ago:
> http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2...ft-server.htmz
>
> Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They
> don't have to believe it.
>
> Dyring the early 90s Unisys was a large provider of Unix (series U) and
> saw the market declining. They then decided to invest hard on their
> mainframes with dual OS (MCP and Windows Server Datacentre). Then they
> launched this campaign against Unix. Now they join the open source
> software, but just because it's good for their market.
>

Ooops, please make the URL:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2...oft-server.htm

--

Mauricio Freitas
www.geekzone.co.nz, www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm,
www.geekzone.co.nz/geekzoneblog.asp
Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:34:08 +1200, Mauricio Freitas [MVP] wrote:

> Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They
> don't have to believe it.

Yup.

Unisys does not exist to write software - it exists to make money.

IBM is the same.

So is Micro$oft.

I do think, however, that IBM these days is better at planning ahead.

After all, "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance".


Have A Nice Cup of Tea

--
One Unix to rule them all,
One Resolver to find them,
One IP to bring them all
And in the Zone to Bind them.

Have A Nice Cup of Tea wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:34:08 +1200, Mauricio Freitas [MVP] wrote:
>
>
>>Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They
>>don't have to believe it.
>
>
> Yup.
>
> Unisys does not exist to write software - it exists to make money.
>
> IBM is the same.
>
> So is Micro$oft.
>
> I do think, however, that IBM these days is better at planning ahead.
>
> After all, "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance".
>
>
> Have A Nice Cup of Tea
>

It was not that long ag?o that Unisys came out with a hi-availablity MS
based datacentre quality box? that would not be installed with
Linux?.....sales were not good apparantly....Guess Unisys found no one
wanted such a beast....

Then didnt they and MS collaborate on a run away from Unix as fast as
possible migration ploy? guess that flopped as well.....

So now they are "onto" Linux....as the next best idea to make them some
dosh.....

yeah right as the tui add goes.....

regards

thing

In article <441d096c$>, lid
says...
> "Have A Nice Cup of Tea" <> wrote in message
> news...
> > http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3625/53/
> >
> > "The key benefit of open technologies such as open source software is
> > freedom of choice."
> >
> >
> > Have A Nice Cup of Tea
> >
> > --
> > 1/ Migration to Linux only costs money once. Higher Windows TCO is
> > forever.
> > 2/ "Shared source" is a poison pill. Open Source is freedom.
> > 3/ Only the Windows boxes get the worms.
> >
>
> From the same company who launched the campaign to escape from Unix a few
> years ago:
> http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2...ft-server.htmz
>
> Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They don't
> have to believe it.

IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM
IBM

Course you can't mention them after all they are doing "so much good" to
the FOSSes at present

> Dyring the early 90s Unisys was a large provider of Unix (series U) and saw
> the market declining. They then decided to invest hard on their mainframes
> with dual OS (MCP and Windows Server Datacentre). Then they launched this
> campaign against Unix. Now they join the open source software, but just
> because it's good for their market.

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:14:45 +1200, RJ wrote:

>> Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They don't
>> have to believe it.
>
> IBM
<snip - repetition>
>
> Course you can't mention them after all they are doing "so much good" to
> the FOSSes at present

Bullshit!

IBM is a large corporation that is intent on staying profitable. That is
not disputed. So it is interesting, therefore, that IBM sees the way to
remaining profitable as being through spending money on developing and
supporting Open Source software.


Have A Nice Cup of Tea

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with resets, lack of planning, disdain for project management techniques
used outside MS, and deathmarches throughout."

In article <>, says...
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:14:45 +1200, RJ wrote:
>
> >> Large organisation will join whatever trend makes money for them. They don't
> >> have to believe it.
> >
> > IBM
> <snip - repetition>
> >
> > Course you can't mention them after all they are doing "so much good" to
> > the FOSSes at present
>
> Bullshit!
>
> IBM is a large corporation that is intent on staying profitable. That is
> not disputed. So it is interesting, therefore, that IBM sees the way to
> remaining profitable as being through spending money on developing and
> supporting Open Source software.

No

IBMs primary goal is to become dominant in the computer marketplace like
they always have
They tried many times with different architectures as did lots of people
e.g.
OS/2
Novell Dos
etc

Linux is the latest attempt to break Microsoft market dominance
The fact its open source is irrelevant
What matters is thereis already a wide base of support for linux in the
general community and its easier for IBM to make a distro of linux then
develop their own complete OS from scratch
Much as apple's effort to develop a wholenew OS (Copland) were dumped
for the FreeBDs derivative they now have

meanwhile as others noted Ibm is leveraging on the Foss community giving
away large amounts of code for nothing meaning they get a lot of
development work done at no cost to themselves