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feeds.theinquirer.net - 12/4/2008
IBM wants clients to ditch Microsoft
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Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Thursday 4 December 2008. 11:42:00 Virtually scrambling for customers TEAMING UP WITH Virtual Bridges and Ubuntu provider Canonical, IBM has started offering a virtual desktop package with three software components all sitting on one corporate server, which the ...
online.wsj.com - 12/4/2008
IBM Creates 'Microsoft-Free' Desktop
— online.wsj.com — International Business Machines Corp. is hoping to convince corporate customers that they no longer need Microsoft Corp.... IBM says it has created a "Microsoft-free" virtual desktop -- a complete suite of applications that run on a backroom server and ... (more) IBM Creates 'Microsoft-Free' Desktop

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IBM offers a 'Microsoft-free' desktop | Business Tech - CNET News
news.cnet.com - 12/7/2008
IBM offers a 'Microsoft-free' desktop | Business Tech - CNET News
— news.cnet.com — IBM wants corporate customers to cut the cord with Microsoft. The tech pioneer is launching a Linux-based... collection of virtual-desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware--or Microsoft software, according to a ... (more) IBM offers a 'Microsoft-free' desktop | Business Tech - ...

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weblog.infoworld.com - 12/10/2008
Is Cisco an open source leech? |Open Sources | Rodrigues & Urlocker
— weblog.infoworld.com — I recently read a post by Dave Roberts, vice president of strategy at Vyatta, titled " Cisco:... reducing costs with open source, pocketing profits ," and it got me thinking. Vyatta is a provider of open source networking products that compete with ... (more) Is Cisco an open source leech? |Open Sources | Rodrigues ...

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