[vorbis] IBM invests $ 10^9 in Linux, maybe they'll sponsor Vorbis?

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

Surely it's got to be worth looking into.  That's a lot of money, and if
IBM intend to be hostile with everyone they plough their money into,
they'll make no friends in the linux world.  They say at least that they
want to foster open standards, which would seem to me to include things
like vorbis.

I suspect you might have trouble getting money from redhat because of
Microsoft's financial interests (you just can't escape them, can
you?).  Not sure about SUSE, they do seem to be sponsoring ALSA.

For anyone who hasn't read the story, the piece from News Scan Daily
follows:

IBM TO PUMP $1 BILLION INTO LINUX
IBM plans to invest $1 billion next year in the Linux operating system, in 
an effort to propel Linux into the mainstream commercial environment to 
encourage the development of open standards for Internet infrastructure, 
said IBM chairman and CEO Lou Gerstner during a keynote address at the 
eBusiness Conference and Expo yesterday. Gerstner said the days of 
proprietary server systems, such as those operated by Sun Microsystems, EMC 
and Microsoft, are numbered: "It will be interesting to see if any company 
with a proprietary Unix system will have a meaningful business." Gerstner 
predicted that Linux server shipments will overtake those of other 
companies in the next few years. (Wall Street Journal 13 Dec 2000)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB976650399196757666.htm

Geoff.


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Geoff Shang <gshang10 at scu.edu.au>
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