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- by Matt Asay July 23, 2008 9:56 PM PDT
- I do agree that IBM could be doing more, but IBM seems to think a common OS for its hardware generates sufficient returns. It has invested heavily in things like Xen, Apache projects, etc., so it wouldn't be fair to suggest that the company hasn't been active in a wide range of things. But it's a smart company, and invests strategically. Apps = lost revenue for it. I hope at some point it will find that open-source apps = new opportunities. But we're not there yet.
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