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-[Acronym] for __I__nternational __B__usiness __M__achines. A
company that prides itself
on having the most patents of any other
company in the world(?). Was originally in
the hardware manufacturing business, but lost its way
when [
PersonalComputer]s came along
. It
tried to make it up again
with OS/2 and the "PS/2" (not the playstation)
, and had MicrosoftCorporation rape
it on
one side, and the clone makers rape it on the other
. It now concentrates on "Services" and Mainframes. It
's
realised that Linux is a powerful operating system that can be used
to provide "Solutions" that
they don
't have to pay to develop
, and isn
't controlled by some other company such as Microsoft who can use it as leverage over them,
so it has become a very powerful supporter of
Linux, spending millions
on promoting Linux around the world
.
+[Acronym] for __I__nternational __B__usiness __M__achines.
+
+Known as Mama Blue or Big Blue, this is a
company that makes BigIron and software. They pride themselves
on having the most patents of any company in the world(?). They were
the dominators of the computing industry
when "computer" meant "mainframe" or even "mini computer". When they decided to step into it, their mere presence in the
PersonalComputer market decimated the competition. Young upstart [Microsoft
] managed to play with dirtier tricks than even [IBM] though, and ever since, they've lost their #1 position in the IT industry
. They
tried to gain their own back
with OS/2, but that attempt didn't as far as its potential should have allowed
it to.
+
+In recent years there seems to have been a change of mindset in their upper ranks; their current attitude is quite a pleasant
one. They
've
realised that [
Linux]
is both
a good platform
to offer solutions for as well as the only serious threat to [Microsoft]'s monopoly. Not surprisingly,
they're realigning all their business around [Linux]
, and have dedicated huge sums of money to its promotion. Even so they
're not trying to dominate the community
so far;
it seems like they can peacefully coexist with the idealists while making all the money they want. It seems
Linux is going to become their late revenge
on [Microsoft]
.
Currently being sued by [SCO] over alleged breach of contract (for the officially licensed AT&T-derived Unix code) in relation to [Linux].
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