IBM makes play for Linux lead in new ad campaign: In the midst of the SCO brouhaha, IBM apparently feels comfortable enough to unleash a new round of Linux ads.
“He’s nine years old, bright-eyed and hungry to learn. … Meet Linux, a human embodiment of the computer operating system, in a new television commercial by IBM. The ad airs next week during the U.S. Open Men’s Finals and the National Football League’s kick-off on Sunday.”
I liked the last ones with Avery Brooks.
HP to indemnify Linux customers: A great strategy here by HP. "Hewlett-Packard plans to announce Wednesday that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group. An HP representative confirmed late Tuesday that the company will announce plans to assume liability for its customers' use of Linux. Lindon,…
VeriSign Migrating 2,000 Unix Servers to Red Hat Linux: In the midst of the SCO battle, IBM releases new ads, and now Verisign goes and does this: "In the latest big win for Linux and open source, infrastructure service provider VeriSign has decided to migrate 2,000 of its high-performance Unix servers…