Microsoft-Free Desktops From IBM

August 6th, 2008 by ComputerBob

I’ve said it before, and it still holds true: If it’s bad news for Microsoft, it’s usually good news for consumers.

Here’s the latest example: “For the first time, IBM and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market worldwide by 2009.”