Last Friday, IBM endorsed Linux, offering the Red Hat software on servers, work stations and PCs ... and the world sat up and took notice.
In the old days, of course, IBM's entry into the market was enough to confer instant legitimacy on any new technology. When Big Blue moved into minicomputers, a rival took out an ad saying: 'The ba...
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