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IBM Gets Behind Linux Desktop: Page 2 of 2

IBM Global Services and Novell SUSE intend to promote new products and programs to push Linux on the PC desktop from obscurity to reality.
November 23, 2003

One leading voice in the open-source community said IGS's announcement,delivered with an illustration of a penguin biting the heels of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates,shows that Big Blue is aggressively endorsing Linux on the desktop. "It's a substantial move for them, and it shows they expect Linux desktop to follow the same curve as the Linux servers," said Bruce Perens, a Linux/open-source activist who formerly headed up Hewlett-Packard's open-source effort.

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