Date:  Mon, 10 May 2004 08:11:29 -0300
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] OT: IBM to launch Microsoft bypass


From: "Mark Dodel" <madodelDESPAM at ptdprolog.net> 

Seems like we have been here before with WSOD and Java but:

<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1083180368074>

"IBM to launch Microsoft bypass
By Tom Foremski in San Francisco
Published: May 9 2004 21:54 | Last Updated: May 9 2004 21:54

International Business Machines has raised the stakes in its battle with
Microsoft by developing a software technology that would allow large
corporations to bypass Microsoft operating systems and applications on PCs
or handheld computers.

This is the latest of increasingly aggressive moves by IBM, the world's
largest computer company, to grab market share as global information
technology markets strengthen following three years of downturn. It comes
as Microsoft is under pressure from corporate customers unhappy with
security issues in its software and the cost of licences.

IBM's software technology, to be announced on Monday in New York, has the
backing of leading technology companies, including Motorola, PeopleSoft,
Adobe Systems and Siebel Systems. Top executives of these companies will
announce plans for products that support the IBM software, providing large
corporations with further alternatives to Microsoft business software
applications.

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