Comments on: IBM to invest $100 million in Linux push

The company plans to build support for the open-source operating system into desktop applications for its Workplace software.

[jcc17]

IBM Linux?

Why don't they just make an IBM Linux distro? It would sure be interesting.

[Ubber geek]

interesting

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[iqula]

Looking much further ahead

Linux has a long and healthy future no matter what anyone says or does, it is not based on a singular business model that may thrive or dive.

It is almost a living thing, if all whole community stopped improving it today, hundreds of hungry students and enthusiasts would pick up on it tomorrow.

Problems that need to be addressed immediately are limited software and mass user adoption, it's great to hear IBM is improving the software problem and the young http://www.cosmopod.com is addressing the other with their revolutionary online desktop that aims to put a Linux desktop in front of everyone in the world for free!! It would be nice to see the IBM get involved supporting this young project.

[rshelton3000]

Hopefully it won't be another OS2 fiasco

I hope they get it right this time. Remember when they spent millions advertising OS2 (the OTHER OS)? Although a great operating system they didn't have the apps to go with it or the developers writing apps people want to use. Some fantastic games in Linux such as 'Mech Warrior', 'Tribes', or 'Sims' might help the OS take off.

R Shelton