My spin on an interesting article on Yahoo Finance from Forbes Magazine about IBM’s embrace of linux – Quentin Tarantino’s recent films “Kill Bill” volumes 1 & 2, I think are quite appropriate (and amusing) when take in the context of the general slant the article takes :D Titled “Kill Bill”, it starts by saying, … [Read More »]

John D. Head wrote about the [url=http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/05112004122047PMJHENCK.htm]IBM Workplace Launch in Chicago[/url]: But the big shocker was that Ken stated that the editors were based on OpenOffice.org technology. With the huge increase in MS Office licensing fees, there is a buzz around OpenOffice. As someone who made their mark in this industry doing SmartSuite and now … [Read More »]

According to Rajesh Jain’s blog entry [url=http://www.emergic.org/archives/2004/05/11/index.html#ibms_servercentric_software]IBM’s Server-centric Software[/url], the [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/technology/10ibm.html]NY Times[/url] has written about IBM’s recently announced Workplace product line, now in it’s version 2.0 phase. Rajesh quotes a section from the article: A worker using the Workplace software by I.B.M. can still run Microsoft Office programs. But I.B.M. also offers alternatives, built on … [Read More »]

IBM has an exhibit on their website with photos of IBMers from the last 80 years or so: [url=http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/waywewore/waywewore_1.html]The way we wore: A century of IBM attire[/url]

Jim Collins writes in Fast Company Magazine about [url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/playbook.html]The Wizard, King, and Hobbit of Business[/url] … “The history of IBM unfolds into an epic trilogy about its three CEOs–the determined father, reluctant son, and enterprising stranger.” Interesting article.