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IBM and Novell team up for chunk of open source market

By Kelly Fiveash → More by this author
8 Aug 2007 14:33

Tout free app server software, taunt Microsoft

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Run that one past me again!! 

By Ralphe Neill
Posted Wednesday 8th August 2007 21:33 GMT

*IBM* wants to offer business customers an alternative option to avoid them falling into high costs by relying on a single vendor such as Microsoft???

Running it past you again 

By Henk
Posted Thursday 9th August 2007 06:04 GMT

Come on. IBM has been changing their act over the past couple of decades. They know where their strengths lie. And as long as you are not running their Z-servers they know you can switch any which way you want.

Re: Running it past you again 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Thursday 9th August 2007 08:06 GMT

And it only took the loss of lots of customers when they tried to force people off OfficeVision/VM to Lotus Notes to make them realise that. Sigh.

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