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Default Another casualty of Windows and Vista

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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:17 -0400, HK wrote:

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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:42 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

IBM having employees test out Macs at work,
It would make a lot more sense if IBM came out with a decent Linux
suite ... but IBM has never done anything in the PC arena that made
sense.
They do use Linux on their servers so they have some experience with
it.
I bet this is actually signalling some hardware deal between Apple and
Levano


Lenovo is a Communist Chinese company, not an IBM company.

Why would IBM or anyone else want to force a hobbyist kit OS like LINUX
on its employees' desktops?


The fact remains IBM does use Linux on it's servers, and that is far
from the hobby category. DOS was a hobby language in 1980 too.

IBM still owns a chunk of Levano, they just outsourced the US employee
costs. These days it is hard to find a US company that isn't in bed
with the ChiComs. Thank you Mr Clinton



Using LINUX on a server when you are a hobbyist or have an IT department
devoted to servers is a lot different than using LINUX on a desktop.

My last (and final) IBM Thinkpad was at least partially manufactured in
Mexico. This was before the brand name was sold to the Chinese Communists.