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To: JDN who wrote (53696)	4/14/2003 6:32:42 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) of 64865

JDN: I think that Economist article paints a bigger difference between how IBM and Sun are approaching Linux than they should have. True, Sun was late to the game and was confused about Linux longer than IBM was. But if they straighten their act out, I don't see, and that article doesn't explain very well except with vague buzzwords, why Sun shouldn't be able to do more or less the same type of thing IBM does. IBM still sells AIX, Sun still sells Solaris. Once again, it's a matter of EXECUTION and CLEAR COMMUNICATION to the customer. What that article should have said is: IBM was quicker off the starting blocks to say "We are 100% behind Linux" while Sun hemmed and hawed with a confusing "yes-no-mabye" story, behavior they've been cursed with for most of their existence. The real question, to me, is whether they can straighten out and recover from that. --QS

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