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>There was a brief article today on osonline stating that IBM was giving up
>its unix OS and switching to Linux. That has interesting implications. The
>Open Source movement is the most successful communal effort ever at building
>something of value. Now a large capitalist power wants to stake its future
>on that movement. IBM is giving up AIX, something they've invested billions
>in over the years, and instead will try to be good members of the open
>source community.
>What will capitalism think of next?
Umm...enclosing the commons, to raise sheep? ;-)
>http://osonline.org/linux/index.phtml?storyID=957
This has been Suns' strategy for some time, but at the developer level, with Java.