On the unique photo in the office, IBM CEO Pamisano chose to stand with Linux's founder Lenas Tovals.
One of the main weapons of Pamisano's transformation IBM program, open source movement and Linux are giving IBM a huge change, while Linux also allows the opponent who is used to closing the source code to taste the hard.
Comprehensive linux
The 5th LinuxWorld Conference opened at the end of August, dozens of Linux manufacturers at home and abroad gathered in Beijing, and as one of the main supporters of Linux, IBM's global vice president, market demand, etc., IBM claims, will be exposed to it for the first time Open computing blueprints, and the heavy priority is "comprehensive linux".
"Comprehensive Linux" is obviously not easy for this company that has been established for 93 years, and "comprehensive Linux" means "comprehensive Linux" means from processors, mainframes, and industries for IBM like to push "overall solutions". Solution until the desktop browser is linux.
Although IBM has been chaight in Linux in recent years, "comprehensive linux" is still suspected whether IBM has such a determination.
In this regard, IBM's Global Vice President Rod said that IBM is indeed in the development of all products Linux, Light in China, IBM gathered more than 400 Linux researchers for relevant development.
As an IBM's lifelong expert, Rod said that open calculations will become the main direction of IBM, and he believes that open computing has accepted most companies and Governments.
IBM is pushing this technology with almost enthusiasm.
"We already have more than 100 Linux-based solutions." IBM China is responsible for Linux Zhang Xianmin, almost a more than ten minutes "comprehensive linux".
Due to the support of the Chinese government, Linux has adopted Linux systems in China's progress, China Industrial and Commercial Bank, Agricultural Bank, Daqing Oilfield, Huawei, CITIC and other institutions. In college education, there is already proposal to make Linux as computer basic education. And the largest supercomputer in China has also used Linux systems.
More than two years ago, IBM announced that it will invest 1 billion US dollars on Linux. At the beginning, this investment plan is only seen as the evidence of IBM's sales staff to cancel consumers, but now Linux is a year. Brought more than $ 2 billion in income and growth quickly.
Not successful progress
However, IBM's Linux progression is not smooth. In court, IBM must knot a billion dollaration in SCO software companies. The company accused IBM to implant the SCO controlled Unix source code to Linux software, and put forward infringement to the blue giants and told to pay for huge numbers. This shocks the technology industry and evolved into Linux attacks, leading to Linux, such as Novell and Red Hat, etc.. The "Business Week" has recently reported that Linux is also facing problems in the world's largest European market. The German government suddenly decided not long before, the planned 14,000 computer systems on the Linux operating system was temporarily stranded. In May last year, Munich, Germany announced that when 14,000 computers were transferred to the Linux operating system, the GARTNER of the global research institutions would be regarded as the largest Linux transplantation in history.
The Munich government said that the transplantation to the Linux operating system may suffer an infringement lawsuit, which makes it on expensive licensing costs and related legal overhead. They will carefully assess the various legal prosecutions that may suffer before they take further action.
Munich event may have a profound impact on Linux development, but this is still mainly on the EU attitude. Currently, the EU is considering making a law on software infringement lawsuits.
If Munich has opened a bad head, it will also be hit by IBM-based Linux support. (Financial Times Buman)
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