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Answering your own question.
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Given that IBM is the unquestioned leader in data centers ? Gartner specifically mentions its Websphere application as a center of activity ? you can ask how much of a challenge this [Linux in the data center] is. Much of the pace of change here is really up to IBM, which continues to sell its proprietary Unix, AIX, into data centers.

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All this would be much more interesting to me if Gartner's report indicated any understanding that Linux is a movement based on Unix, not a proprietary technology driven exclusively by IBM or anyone else.

The price of AIX is...
The price of Linux is...

The interest of those controlling Linux in reducing the profits of IBM is...
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 09/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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