Re: [newbie] Re: IBM Committed to Linux Desktop

2004-01-09 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 09 January 2004 15:39, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Friday 09 Jan 2004 2:00 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > And > > you cannot find a single, commercial bank in my country that > > doesn't run OS/2. Or a teller machine, for that matter. > > But with OS/2 being end-of-lifed lots of teller machine

Re: [newbie] Re: IBM Committed to Linux Desktop

2004-01-09 Thread Richard Urwin
On Friday 09 Jan 2004 2:00 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > And > you cannot find a single, commercial bank in my country that > doesn't run OS/2. Or a teller machine, for that matter. But with OS/2 being end-of-lifed lots of teller machines are switching to XP. A USA supplier recently had problems with

Re: [newbie] Re: IBM Committed to Linux Desktop

2004-01-09 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 02:29:46 + (UTC) Jonesy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This can mean only one thing: more developers working on Linux desktop > > sol'ns, > > more support for open standards in desktop applications, more for all of us > > who > > want to see the end of the MS monopoly on the

[newbie] Re: IBM Committed to Linux Desktop

2004-01-08 Thread Jonesy
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 08:31:53 -0500, JoeHill hath writ: > > Okay, I know most of you read *Slashdot*, but just in case anyone missed this > one, this is very exciting. A leaked memo from IBM indicates the company is > committed to moving it's productivity desktops/apps to Linux and/or OS > alternati