IBM endorses Linux in India

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just received a flyer from IBM India. Makes good reading. Here is the text
for your reading pleasure:

Envelope -  a silver plastic anti-static cover usually used to pack
important electronic parts such as CPUs. A yellow sticker on it, saying 

"ENCLOSED: A CRITICAL PART THAT'S BEEN MISSING FROM YOUR SERVER"

Front - a shot of a Netfinity 7000 server, with the text "Netfinity
does linux" on it.

Back - 

"LINUX

Any server, if it's built like Netfinity, can boast a couple of things.

Reliability being one of them.

Scalability being another.

Then, of course, there is the price-performance ratio.

Which leaves us with just one thing. Linux. That thing on top.

It is the most openm most revolutionary, most robust operating system
known to wired man. It is virtually indestructible. It is taking the
Information age by storm. Its is supported by a growing army of developers
across the planet. And it is about to change the way servers are built.

Not long from now, Linux will help systems everywhere to become open,
platforms everywhere to interoperate, versions everywhere to meet up, and
applications everywhere to shake hands.

In short, Linux will be everywhere tomorrow.

For the impatient, it is here today. On IBM's award-winning range of
Netfinity servers.

To find out more, call IBM or email sjyothi@xxxxxxxxxx right away.

We'll help you with that critical part missing from your server. Specially
if it is the server."

Good stuff. I'll scan this thing and put it up later today. First time a
flyer like this really excited me. They apparently mailed this to
thousands of corporate chiefs countrywide. 

Talk about commitment to Linux - no one does it in a more noticable
fashion than IBM. ;-)

Atul

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