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LWM: IBM seems to be getting behind Linux in a big way. What are some of the major initiatives right now? Scott Handy: We have a very broad focus on Linux for large accounts and for small and medium-sized businesses. Within that, we focus on particular industries - namely retail, finance, public sector (including government), manufacturing, and telecommunications. Linux adoption has been strong in all industries, so there have been cross-industry initiatives as well including e-commerce, CRM, ERP, and accounting software. Overall, we have a broad set of programs starting with a focus on solution providers and in particular application developers. We have an initiative called "Speed Start Your Linux Application" in which we provide free technical support for Linux and IBM... (more)

SYS-CON Interviews Michael Norman, Hyades Project

SYS-CON interviews Michael Norman, CEO of Scapa Technologies, live at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2004 in San Francisco, about Eclipse and - especially - the Hyades Project. Click here to listen [interview in MP3 format] ... (more)

SYS-CON Radio interviews author Marcel Gagne

SYS-CON Radio interviews author Marcel Gagne about his just-published book titled "Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye." (Addison-Wesley), live at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2003 in San Francisco. Click here to listen  [interview in MP3 format] ... (more)

Riding the Open Innovation Wave with Linux

Innovation is the lifeblood of the technology industry. With every new technical innovation comes a whole new crop of companies riding the wave of change as they try to build companies (and sometimes even whole industries) out of the Next Big Thing. Ask Thomas Reardon of Openwave Systems about Linux and innovation and he'll have some pretty strong opinions. And he should know - in fact, R... (more)

Live From the Show Floor at LinuxWorld

I'm writing from a pod of Compaq computers on the show floor all running Red Hat. The pod is sponsored by HP and provides everyone with net access. Thanks! I can't tell you how exciting this show has been. I haven't been to a show in a long time that's had this kind of buzz. We've had some interesting announcements from Red Hat this week -- they announced here at the show a "Open Source N... (more)