[plug] IBM to invest almost US$1B in Linux development

[Greg Smith]

IBM to invest almost US$1B in Linux development
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IBM Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lou Gerstner on Tuesday is
expected to tell eBusiness Conference and Expo participants in New York
that Big Blue will continue to embrace the Linux operating system by
investing nearly US$1 billion in software, hardware, services, the open
source community and partnerships during 2001.
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