August 6th, 2008
IBM’s clever idea is Linux on a stick
IBM remains a quiet, background presence at LinuxWorld, 10 years after it began supporting the open source operating system.
But it has some great ideas.
Eclipse was a great idea. Here’s another: an IBM software appliance toolkit gives VARs a single stick memory or DVD they can install to get vertical market customers going.
The idea, the company says, is to get customers rolling in one-to-five mouse clicks.
Developing a channel is the key to increasing business market share, and software appliances can do that.
Now if they could give me one for desktop Linux, I could turn any PC into a Linux laptop.
Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for 30 years, a tech freelancer since 1983. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
| 08/06/08
