Re: Article: "Linux and the Asian PDA markets"
Hamish Marson <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.handhelds.zaurus.general |
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| Organization | Travelling Kiwi Software |
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Al Bledsoe wrote: > So, IBM knows open source better than Sun? If you get cold and sweaty > with a mission critical Unix/Linux problem who ya gonna call? IBM or > Sun? Get real!!! IBM actually... If I had to call anyone... You just need to try & get support for suns ldap directory to understand the differences between IBM support & suns... IBM have real depth to their structure. If all else fails, I usually get to talk to the developers themselves. IBM are just a little challenged when it comes to marketing... > > Al > > Chris Caldwell wrote: > >>On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 14:09, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> >>>IMO, IBM and Sun are working with Open-Source precisely >>>_because_ they're afraid of it. A much wiser long-term >>>strategy than that of Microsoft. >>> >>> "Keep your friends close... and your enemies closer" >>> >>>If you're afraid of drowning, learning to swim is probably a >>>better strategy than ranting and raving about the evils of >>>water. >>> >>> >>There are worlds of difference between IBM's involvement in Open Source >>and Sun's. Sun's involvement in Gnome development has mainly been driven >>by the need to find a replacement for it's ageing CDE desktop on >>Solaris. Historically they've wavered on Linux support, and are pushing >>massively overpriced x86 architecture for use only in the low-end of an >>Enterprise. Their MadHatter project has come and gone and come again. >>IBM, on the other hand, sees Linux as eventually replacing AIX and has >>put it the money to see it happen. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Zaurus-general mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.zaurus.com/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-general >> >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Zaurus-general mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.zaurus.com/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-general > > -- I don't suffer from Insanity... | Linux User #16396 I enjoy every minute of it... | | http://www.travellingkiwi.com/ |