And now, Lenovo may be joining the Microsoft-free initiative...
Category IBM/Lotus
From InformationWeek: Lenovo In Talks To Join IBM's 'Microsoft-Free' Program, Sources Say
Something tells me this is *not* good news for Redmond...
IBM and Chinese PC vendor Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest computer maker, are actively discussing a plan that would see Lenovo introduce a line of mass-market systems running IBM's "Microsoft-free" software client, InformationWeek has learned.
Lenovo could soon roll out volume PCs bearing the Windows-less client for the consumer and business markets as a result of the talks, according to industry sources.
The Microsoft-free software package features IBM's Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony e-mail and desktop productivity suites, running on versions of the open source Linux operating system provided by Canonical (Ubuntu), Novell, or Red Hat.
Lenovo has enough impact on the hardware side to make this one stick. You'll still need to see adoption reach critical mass before Microsoft would be seriously hurt by this, but Lenovo can get space in the Best Buys of the world to catch the eyes of Uncle Joe and Grandma Mary. Furthermore, they don't seem to have the same level of ties to Microsoft that Dell and others have historically had to deal with, so I would assume that Lenovo (and China) won't cave in to Microsoft demands.
Let's see... that's the OS, the productivity suite, the email client, and the hardware. Microsoft's next 10-K filing should be interesting to read. :)
From InformationWeek: Lenovo In Talks To Join IBM's 'Microsoft-Free' Program, Sources Say
Something tells me this is *not* good news for Redmond...
IBM and Chinese PC vendor Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest computer maker, are actively discussing a plan that would see Lenovo introduce a line of mass-market systems running IBM's "Microsoft-free" software client, InformationWeek has learned.
Lenovo could soon roll out volume PCs bearing the Windows-less client for the consumer and business markets as a result of the talks, according to industry sources.
The Microsoft-free software package features IBM's Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony e-mail and desktop productivity suites, running on versions of the open source Linux operating system provided by Canonical (Ubuntu), Novell, or Red Hat.
Lenovo has enough impact on the hardware side to make this one stick. You'll still need to see adoption reach critical mass before Microsoft would be seriously hurt by this, but Lenovo can get space in the Best Buys of the world to catch the eyes of Uncle Joe and Grandma Mary. Furthermore, they don't seem to have the same level of ties to Microsoft that Dell and others have historically had to deal with, so I would assume that Lenovo (and China) won't cave in to Microsoft demands.
Let's see... that's the OS, the productivity suite, the email client, and the hardware. Microsoft's next 10-K filing should be interesting to read. :)
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